Aivar Kuusmaa

{{Short description|Estonian basketball player and coach}}

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| position = Head coach

| team = Tartu Ülikool

| height = 186 cm

| weight_lbs = 209

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|06|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tallinn, Estonia

| nationality = Estonian / Greek

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| career_start = 1983

| career_end = 2005

| coach_start = 2005

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| career_position = Shooting guard

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| years1 = 1983–1984

| team1 = TSIK

| years2 = 1985–1986

| team2 = Standard

| years3 = 1986–1987

| team3 = Rīgas ASK

| years4 = 1988–1989

| team4 = Kalev

| years5 = 1989–1990

| team5 = Youngstown Pride

| years6 = 1990–1993

| team6 = Kalev

| years7 = 1993–1996

| team7 = Panathinaikos

| years8 = 1996–1998

| team8 = Baltika

| years9 = 1998–1999

| team9 = Tallinn

| years10 = 1999–2000

| team10 = Kalev

| years11 = 2000–2001

| team11 = Liege Basket

| years12 = 2001–2004

| team12 = TTÜ-A. Le Coq

| years13 = 2004–2005

| team13 = BC Kalev

| cyears1 = 2005–2006

| cteam1 = BC Kalev

| cyears2 = 2006–2007

| cteam2 = BC Kalev (assistant)

| cyears3 = 2007–2008

| cteam3 = Estonia U-20

| cyears4 = 2007–2010

| cteam4 = TTÜ KK

| cyears5 = 2010–2012

| cteam5 = BC Kalev

| cyears6 = 2014–2018

| cteam6 = AVIS Utilitas Rapla

| cyears7 = 2018–2019

| cteam7 = Estonia U-20

| cyears8 = 2020–2024

| cteam8 = Audentes/Noortekoondis

| cyears9 = 2024–present

| cteam9 = Tartu Ülikool

| highlights = As player:

• 2× KML Most Valuable Player (1999, 2003)
• 4× Korvpalli Meistriliiga (1992, 1993, 1999, 2000)
• 2× Estonian Basketball Cup (1999, 2003)
• 3× Estonian SSR League (1986, 1988, 1989)
• Latvian SSR League (1987)
• World Basketball League (1990)
• USSR League champion (1991)
• Greek Basketball Cup (1996)

As head coach:

• 4× KML Coach of the Year (2006, 2011, 2012, 2017)
• 3× Korvpalli Meistriliiga (2006, 2011–2012)
• 2× Estonian Basketball Cup (2005–2006)

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's basketball }}

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{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Europe U-18 Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|1986 Austria|U18 Team}}

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Aivar Kuusmaa (born 12 June 1967) is an Estonian basketball coach and former professional basketball player who played mostly at the shooting guard position.

He won the USSR Premier Basketball League in 1991 as a member of the Tallinn Kalev basketball team. Kuusmaa mostly played in Estonia, but he also spent three seasons in Greece, with Panathinaikos and one season in Belgium, with Liege Basket. Also, during the service in the Soviet Army, Kuusmaa was stationed in Latvian SSR and played in the local army sports club Rīgas ASK. After retiring in 2005 he has been coaching BC Kalev/Cramo (2005–2007 & 2010–2012), TTÜ KK (2007–2010) and AVIS Utilitas Rapla (2014–2018). Kuusmaa has also greek citizenship under the surname Magoulas. Elected to the Hall of fame of Estonian basketball in 2020. {{Cite web|url=https://korvpall100.ee/et/kuulsuste-hall/Aivar++Kuusmaa|title=Eesti korvpall 100 - Kuulsuste Hall - Aivar Kuusmaa|website=korvpall100.ee}}