Edon Maxhuni

{{Infobox basketball biography

|image =

|caption =

|name = Edon Maxhuni

|position = Point guard

|number = 21

|height_m = 1.88

|weight_kg =

|league = Lega Basket Serie A

|team = Scafati Basket

|nationality = Finnish / Kosovan

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|05|21|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Hyvinkää, Finland

|high_school = Helsinki Basketball Academy
(Helsinki, Finland)

|college = Long Beach State (2017–2019)

|draft_year = 2020

|career_start= 2014

|years1 = 2014–2017 | team1 = HBA-Märsky

|years2 = 2019–2020 | team2 = CB Gran Canaria Claret SAD

|years3 = 2020–2021 | team3 = Pärnu Sadam

|years4 = 2021–2022 | team4 = Heroes Den Bosch

|years5 = 2022–2023 | team5 = Crailsheim Merlins

|years6 = 2023–2024 | team6 = ESSM Le Portel

|years7 = 2024–present |team7 = SIG Strasbourg

|years8 = 2025–present |team8 = → Scafati

| highlights =

BNXT Dutch champion (2022)
All-KML Team (2021)
Finnish Koripallon I-divisioona MVP (2017)

}}

Edon Maxhuni (born May 21, 1998) is a Finnish professional basketball player who plays as a point guard for Scafati of the LBA.{{cite web | title=Edon Maxhuni profile, FIBA U20 European Championship 2017 | website=FIBA.COM | date=2017-07-23 | url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/107709/sid/12946/tid/281/_/2017_FIBA_U20_European_Championship_Division_B/index.html | access-date=2023-08-29}} He is also part of the Finland national team

Youth career

Maxhuni started playing basketball in a youth team of his hometown club Hyvinkään Ponteva before joining Helsingin NMKY in 2012. Later he was trained at the Helsinki Basketball Academy of the Finnish Basketball Association, and played in the second-tier Koripallon I-divisioona with the academy team HBA-Märsky. At the end of the 2016–17 season, Maxhuni was named the MVP of the Finnish second-tier league.

College career

He left Finland in 2017,{{cite web | title=Pelaaja | website=Basket.fi | url=https://www.basket.fi/pelaaja/?id=1980883 | language=fi | access-date=2023-08-29}} to study and play basketball at Long Beach State University in California, United States. Until 2019, the point guard played a total of 67 games for the college team, averaging 6.7 points per game.{{cite web | title=Edon Maxhuni - Men's Basketball | website=Long Beach State University Athletics | date=2018-07-01 | url=https://longbeachstate.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/edon-maxhuni/356 | access-date=2023-08-29}}

Professional career

=CB Canaria Claret SAD=

In the 2019/20 season, he was under contract with the Spanish third-division LEB Plata team CB Gran Canaria Claret SAD, playing in 24 league games and averaging 13.3 points per game.{{cite web | title=Competiciones FEB | website=competiciones.feb.es | url=https://competiciones.feb.es/estadisticas/jugador/818126/2375712 | language=es | access-date=2023-08-29}}

=Pärnu Sadam=

Maxhuni signed with Estonian club Pärnu Sadam for the 2020–21 season where he became the Estonian vice-champion.{{cite web | title=Pelaaja | website=Basket.fi | url=https://www.basket.fi/pelaaja/?id=1980883 | language=fi | access-date=2023-08-29}} In 2021, he was also named in the All-KML Team in Estonian Korvpalli Meistriliiga.

=Heroes Den Bosch=

In the 2021–21 season, Maxhuni played for the Heroes Den Bosch in the BNXT League and the FIBA Europe Cup, and in 2022, as the team's top scorer, won the Dutch championship title.{{cite web | title=Heroes Den Bosch basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket | website=Eurobasket LLC | url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Heroes-Den-Bosch/2?Page=3&Stats=2022 | access-date=2023-08-29}}

=Crailsheim Merlins=

In September 2022, Maxhuni accepted an offer from Crailsheim Merlins of the Basketball Bundesliga and the FIBA Europe Cup.{{cite web | title=Point Guard Edon Maxhuni komplettiert HAKRO Merlins-Kader – Vertrag mit Prince Ali aufgelöst | website=HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim | url=https://hakro-merlins.com/30-breaking-news/7403-point-guard-edon-maxhuni-komplettiert-hakro-merlins-kader-vertrag-mit-prince-ali-aufgeloest | language=de | access-date=2023-08-29}} During the season, he averaged 11.8 points and 3.9 assists per game.

=Le Portel=

On 8 October 2023, Maxhuni signed with ESSM Le Portel of the French LNB Pro A on a short contract as an injury replacement, with an option to extend.[https://www.basket.fi/basket/uutiset/edon-maxhunin-ura-jatkuu-ranskan-liigassa/ Edon Maxhunin ura jatkuu Ranskan liigassa], 8 October 2023, basket.fi Since his arrival, Le Portel managed to change their trajectory and won seven out of ten games played, after having started the season with five losses and only one win. On 22 December 2023, his contract was extended for the rest of the ongoing 2023–24 season.[https://yle.fi/a/74-20013000/64-3-199483 Edon Maxhuni jatkaa loppukauden Ranskan liigassa], Yle, 22 December 2023 At the end of the season, Maxhuni helped Le Portel to qualify for the LNB Elite Playoffs, for the first time since 2017.[https://www.aamuposti.fi/urheilu/6731771 Hyvinkään kasvatti Edon Maxhuni johdatti tehopisteillään joukkueensa Ranskan korisliigan pudotuspeleihin], Aamuposti, 29 April 2024 He finished his first season in French league averaging 10.9 points and 3.7 assists per game.

=SIG Strasbourg=

On 18 July 2024, Maxhuni signed with fellow French team SIG Strasbourg on a two-year deal.[https://sigstrasbourg.fr/2024/07/linternational-edon-maxhuni-rejoint-le-projet L’INTERNATIONAL EDON MAXHUNI REJOINT LE PROJET], sigstrasbourg.fr, 18 July 2024[https://www.basket.fi/basket/uutiset/edon-maxhuni-kaksivuotisella-sopimuksella-sig-strasbourgiin/ Edon Maxhuni kaksivuotisella sopimuksella SIG Strasbourgiin], basket.fi, 18 July 2024[https://yle.fi/a/74-20100352 Susijengistä tuttu Edon Maxhuni Strasbourgiin], Yle, 18 July 2024

==Scafati==

In January 2025, he joined Italian Scafati on a loan contract for the remainder of the season.

National team

Maxhuni received an offer to play for the Kosovo national basketball team but declined,{{cite web | title=Kosovo roots, but a Finnish jersey on his back, Maxhuni faces emotional summer | website=FIBA.basketball | date=2016-12-18 | url=https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/u20b/2018/news/kosovo-roots-but-a-finnish-jersey-on-his-back-maxhuni-faces-emotional-summer | access-date=2023-08-29}} since he was a Finnish youth national player at the time. He participated in events such as the 2014 FIBA U16 EuroBasket and the FIBA U18 EuroBasket in 2015 and 2016.{{cite web | title=Edon Maxhuni profile, FIBA U20 European Championship 2017 | website=FIBA.COM | date=2017-07-23 | url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/107709/sid/12946/tid/281/_/2017_FIBA_U20_European_Championship_Division_B/index.html | access-date=2023-08-29}}

Since 2020, Maxhuni has been part of the Finland national basketball team. During the EuroBasket 2022, he averaged 8.9 points per game in seven tournament matches.{{cite web | title=Edon MAXHUNI at the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 | website=FIBA.basketball | date=1998-03-21 | url=https://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2022/player/Edon-Maxhuni | access-date=2023-08-29}} Maxhuni was named in the Finland squad in the 2023 FIBA World Cup, averaging 7.2 points and 3.8 assists per game in five matches.[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/player/Edon-Maxhuni E. Maxhuni], FIBA{{Cite web |title=Finland at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/european-qualifiers/team/Finland |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}} Maxhuni played also in the 2024 FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament,[https://www.basket.fi/basket/uutiset/susijengin-pelaajatusina-olympiakarsintoihin-on-vahvistettu/ Susijengin pelaajatusina olympiakarsintoihin on vahvistettu], basket.fi, 30 June 2024 averaging 12.7 points and 4.7 assists in three games against Bahamas, Poland and Spain. As of 7 July 2024, Maxhuni has played 53 official games with the senior national team.[https://www.aamuposti.fi/urheilu/6880591 Edon Maxhuni 50. maaottelussaan: ”Tarkoitus on pelata vielä ainakin sata maaottelua”], Aamuposti, 29 June 2024

Personal life

Maxhuni's parents are ethnic Albanians from Mitrovica, Kosovo, who moved to Finland in 1992.{{cite web | title=Kosovo roots, but a Finnish jersey on his back, Maxhuni faces emotional summer | website=FIBA.basketball | date=2016-12-18 | url=https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/u20b/2018/news/kosovo-roots-but-a-finnish-jersey-on-his-back-maxhuni-faces-emotional-summer | access-date=2023-08-29}} His father, Besim Maxhuni, played basketball for Trepça and Prishtina,{{Cite news|title=Besim Maxhuni flet për Asistin|url=https://asistionline.com/2019/08/30/besim-maxhuni-flet-per-asistin-analize-per-kampionatin-boteror-kina-2019/|access-date=2023-09-09|website=asistionline.com|language=sq}} and later became a coach,{{cite web | author=boldUnderline. llc | title=Besim Maxhuni në krye të Raiders Basket | website=TopSporti.com | url=https://topsporti.com/artikulli/besim-maxhuni-ne-krye-te-raiders-basket/fiba | language=sq | access-date=2023-08-29}} currently coaching Raiders Basket in the Koripallon I-divisioona in Finnish second-tier.

Career statistics

=Domestic leagues=

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! Year

! Team

! League

! {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}

! {{Tooltip|MPG|Minutes per game}}

! {{Tooltip|FG%|Field goal percentage}}

! {{Tooltip|3P%|3-point field-goal percentage}}

! {{Tooltip|FT%|Free-throw percentage}}

! {{Tooltip|RPG|Rebounds per game}}

! {{Tooltip|APG|Assists per game}}

! {{Tooltip|SPG|Steals per game}}

! {{Tooltip|BPG|Blocks per game}}

! {{Tooltip|PPG|Points per game}}

| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN|size=20px}} HBA-Märsky || style="text-align:center;"|I-divisioona || 7 || 21.3 || .262 || .103 || .857 || 1.7 || 1.4 || 1.0 || – || 6.1

| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN|size=20px}} HBA-Märsky || style="text-align:center;"|I-divisioona || 19 || 25.3 || .486 || .376 || .818 || 2.8 || 2.4 || 1.1 || .1 || 17.9

| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN|size=20px}} HBA-Märsky || style="text-align:center;"|I-divisioona || 24 || 28.9 || .431 || .401 || .786 || 2.6 || 3.5 || .7 || – || 18.9

| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN|size=20px}} HBA-Märsky || style="text-align:center;"|I-divisioona || 27 || 32.2 || .451 || .345 || .842 || 2.7 || 3.7 || 1.0 || .1 || 23.8

| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ESP|size=20px}} Gran Canaria B || style="text-align:center;"|LEB Plata || 24 || 22.7 || .413 || .294 || .849 || 2.2 || 3.3 || .6 || .1 || 13.3

| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EST|size=20px}} Pärnu Sadam || style="text-align:center;"|KML || 6 || 21.8 || .492 || .533 || .952 || 1.3 || 3.8 || .7 || – || 16.0

| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|EST|size=20px}} Pärnu Sadam || style="text-align:center;"|Latvian–Estonian Basketball League || 23 || 29.1 || .420 || .390 || .907 || 1.8 || 5.0 || 1.1 || – || 17.3

| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NED|size=20px}} Heroes Den Bosch || style="text-align:center;"|BNXT || 27 || 27.2 || .441 || .397 || .872 || 2.3 || 5.0 || 1.2 || – || 13.6

| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GER|size=20px}} Crailsheim Merlins || style="text-align:center;"|BBL || 33 || 22.3 || .399 || .329 || .892 || 1.3 || 3.9 || .7 || – || 11.8

| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24 || style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FRA|size=20px}} Le Portel || style="text-align:center;"|LNB Élite || 26 || 28.2 || .391 || .396 || .865 || 1.4 || 3.7 || .8 || – || 10.9

=College=

| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18

| style="text-align:left;"| Long Beach State

| 33 || 15 || 17.3 || .385 || .386 || .939 || 1.7 || 1.0 || .4 || – || 6.2

| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19

| style="text-align:left;"| Long Beach State

| 34 || 10 || 17.0 || .386 || .408 || .875 || .9 || 1.1 || .2 || – || 7.2

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 67 || 25 || 17.1 || .386 || .399 || .904 || 1.3 || 1.0 || .3 || – || 6.7

=National team=

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Team ! Tournament ! {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Position}} ! {{Tooltip\|GP\|Games played}} ! {{Tooltip\|PPG\|Points per game}} ! {{Tooltip\|RPG\|Rebounds per game}} ! {{Tooltip\|APG\|Assists per game}}
rowspan=2\|Finland	EuroBasket 2022	7th	{{center\|7}}	{{center\|8.9}}	{{center\|1.9}}	{{center\|3.9}}
2023 FIBA World Cup	21st	{{center\|5}}	{{center\|7.2}}	{{center\|0.8}}	{{center\|3.8}}

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Team

! Tournament

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}

! {{Tooltip|PPG|Points per game}}

! {{Tooltip|RPG|Rebounds per game}}

! {{Tooltip|APG|Assists per game}}

rowspan=2|Finland

EuroBasket 2022

7th

2023 FIBA World Cup