Henri Veesaar

{{Short description|Estonian basketball player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Henri Veesaar

| image =

| caption =

| number = 13

| position = Power forward

| height_m = 2.13

| weight_kg = 102

| league = Atlantic Coast Conference

| team = North Carolina Tar Heels

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|3|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tallinn, Estonia

| college =

| career_start = 2019

| career_end =

| team1 = Real Madrid

| years1 = 2019–2022

| highlights =

}}

Henri Veesaar (born 28 March 2004) is an Estonian college basketball player for the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). He played his previous three seasons with the Arizona Wildcats. Listed at {{convert|7|ft|0|in|m|1}} and {{convert|225|lbs|kg|1}}, he plays the power forward position.

College career

On May 20, 2022, it was announced that Veesaar would leave Real Madrid youth team and will join Arizona to play college basketball.{{cite web |title=Veesaar lahkub Madridi Realist ja liitub Kriisa koduülikooliga|url=https://sport.postimees.ee/7527709/veesaar-lahkub-madridi-realist-ja-liitub-kriisa-koduulikooliga}}

National team career

Veesaar made his debut for the Estonian national team when he was 17 years old against Iceland on 29 July 2021.{{cite web |title= Henri Veesaar avas koondise eest punktiarve võimsa pealtpanekuga|url=https://sport.delfi.ee/artikkel/94160039/video-henri-veesaar-avas-koondise-eest-punktiarve-voimsa-pealtpanekuga}} He has also represented the Estonia national U-18 team.{{cite web |title=Eesti U18 korvpallikoondis lõpetas kõrgetasemelise välisturniiri vägeva võiduga, Veesaar kogus kaksikduubli ja seitse kulpi|url=https://sport.delfi.ee/artikkel/94249865/eesti-u18-korvpallikoondis-lopetas-korgetasemelise-valisturniiri-vageva-voiduga-veesaar-kogus-kaksikduubli-ja-seitse-kulpi}}

Career statistics

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| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23

| style="text-align:left;"| Arizona

| 29|| 0 || 7.1|| .619 || .273 || .714 || 1.5 || 0.5|| .1 || .4 || 2.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2024–25

| style="text-align:left;"| Arizona

| 37 || 5 || 20.8 || .592 || .327 || .686 || 5.0 || 1.3 || .7 || 1.1 || 9.4

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