Martin Paasoja
{{short description|Estonian basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Martin Paasoja
| image =
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| team = Tartu Ülikool
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| position = Shooting guard
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|01|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kärdla, Estonia
| height_m = 1.91
| weight_kg = 86
| draft_year = 2015
| career_start = 2009
| career_end =
| years1 = 2009–2012
| team1 = Pärnu
| years2 = 2012–2017
| team2 = Rapla
| years3 = 2017–2018
| team3 = SCM CSU Craiova
| years4 = 2018–2019
| team4 = Psychikou
| years5 = 2019–2020
| team5 = Kalev/Cramo
| years6 = 2020–2021
| team6 = Real Valladolid
| years7 = 2021–2022
| team7 = Rapla KK
| years8 = 2022–2023
| team8 = ÍR
| years9 = 2023–2024
| team9 = Rapla KK
| years10 = 2024–present
| team10 = Tartu Ülikool
| highlights =
}}
Martin Paasoja (born 4 January 1993) is an Estonian professional basketball player for Tartu Ülikool of the Korvpalli Meistriliiga. He is a {{convert|1.91|m|ftin|abbr=on}} tall shooting guard. He also represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally.
Professional career
In September 2022, Paasoja signed with ÍR of the Úrvalsdeild karla.{{cite news |title=Martin Paasoja til ÍR |url=https://www.karfan.is/2022/09/martin-paasoja-til-ir/ |access-date=5 September 2022 |work=Karfan.is |date=5 September 2022 |language=Icelandic}}
In April 2023, Paasoja joined Venezuelan top-tier team Centauros de Portuguesa.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-08 |title=SPB 2023 - Martin Paasoja (ex IR) joins Centauros |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Estonia/news/803367/SPB-2023-Martin-Paasoja-(ex-IR)-joins-Centauros |website=eurobasket.com}}
Estonian national team
Paasoja was a member of the junior Estonian national team that finished 15th in the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship and 19th in the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.{{cite news|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Martin%20PAASOJA/pid/70854/_//players.html|title=Martin Paasoja|publisher=Fiba.com}}
Career statistics
{{FIBA player statistics legend}}
=Domestic leagues=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
! Season ! 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}} | ||||||||||||
| 2009–10 | rowspan="3"| Pärnu | rowspan="8"| KML | 18 | 12.0 | .361 | .316 | .435 | 1.8 | .2 | .6 | .1 | 4.2 |
| 2010–11 | 30 | 24.1 | .371 | .364 | .585 | 4.1 | .8 | 1.5 | .2 | 8.5 | ||
| 2011–12 | 3 | 28.2 | .235 | .222 | .800 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | .0 | 8.7 | ||
| 2012–13 | rowspan="5"| Rapla | 37 | 23.5 | .425 | .320 | .702 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .2 | 7.6 | |
| 2013–14 | 33 | 20.7 | .354 | .229 | .646 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | .3 | 7.0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 20 | 25.4 | .405 | .306 | .769 | 3.8 | 1.8 | .9 | .1 | 8.9 | ||
| 2015–16 | 39 | 25.9 | .397 | .252 | .775 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.0 | .2 | 8.5 | ||
| 2016–17 | 38 | 30.3 | .416 | .333 | .791 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.0 | .2 | 11.5 | ||
| 2017–18 | SCM CSU Craiova | Liga Națională | 30 | 23.6 | .481 | .392 | .810 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.2 | .0 | 11.0 |
| 2018–19 | Psychikou | Greek A2 | 30 | 32.9 | .459 | .299 | .771 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 | .1 | 15.5 |
| 2019–20 | Kalev/Cramo | LEBL | 19 | 15.2 | .438 | .308 | .829 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.1 | .1 | 8.2 |
=Estonia national team=
{{FIBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2010
| style="text-align:left;"| 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B
| style="text-align:left;"| Estonia U-18
| 8 || 0 || 13.4 || .489 || .125 || .538 || 2.0 || .4 || 1.1 || .5 || 6.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2011
| style="text-align:left;"| 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B
| style="text-align:left;"| Estonia U-18
| 3 || 1 || 22.7 || .125 || .000 || .667 || 2.7 || 3.0 || 1.3 || .0 || 2.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2012
| style="text-align:left;"| 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
| style="text-align:left;"| Estonia U-20
| 9 || 5 || 28.4 || .424 || .270 || .733 || 6.2 || 1.2 || 1.0 || .0 || 11.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2013
| style="text-align:left;"| 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
| style="text-align:left;"| Estonia U-20
| 9 || 8 || 28.5 || .350 || .319 || .567 || 5.3 || 1.2 || 2.2 || .4 || 11.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2015
| style="text-align:left;"| 2015 Summer Universiade
| style="text-align:left;"| Estonia Universiade
| 7 || || 14.0 || .258 || .083 || .800 || 1.7 || .3 || .6 || .0 || 3.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2016
| style="text-align:left;"| EuroBasket 2017 Qualification
| style="text-align:left;"| Estonia
| 6 || 0 || 6.5 || .444 || .000 || 1.000 || .8 || .5 || .2 ||.2 || 1.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2017
| style="text-align:left;"| 2019 Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifiers
| style="text-align:left;"| Estonia
| 4 || 2 || 17.6 || .571 || .333 || .571 || 2.8 || 2.2 || .6 || .0 || 5.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–19
| style="text-align:left;"| 2019 Basketball World Cup Qualification
| style="text-align:left;"| Estonia
| 11 || 6 || 15.3 || .488 || .286 || .600 || 1.5 || 1.0 || .9 || .1 || 5.5
{{S-end}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.basket.ee/et/mangijate-otsing?pid=4897 Martin Paasoja] at basket.ee {{in lang|et}}
- [https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Martin%20PAASOJA/pid/70854/_//players.html Martin Paasoja] at fiba.com
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