Kristjan Kangur

Kristjan Kangur
No. 14 – Pallacanestro Varese
Kangur playing for Estonia in 2006
Position	Small forward / Power forward
League	Lega Basket Serie A
Personal information
Born	(1982-10-23) 23 October 1982 (age 34) Pärnu, Estonia
Nationality	Estonian
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	238 lb (108 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2004 / Undrafted
Playing career	2000–present
Career history
2000–2004	Tallinna Kalev
2004–2006	Bayer Giants Leverkusen
2006–2009	Kalev/Cramo
2009–2010	ASVEL Basket
2010	Virtus Bologna
2010–2011	Pallacanestro Varese
2011–2013	Montepaschi Siena
2011–2012	→ Pallacanestro Varese
2013–2014	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
2014–2015	Pallacanestro Varese
2015	Laboral Kutxa Baskonia
2015–present	Pallacanestro Varese
Career highlights and awards
2× Italian League champion (2013, 2014) Italian Cup champion (2013) Semaine des As champion (2010) French Supercup winner (2009) 3× Estonian League champion (2002, 2003, 2009) 4× Estonian Cup winner (2001, 2006–2008) 8× Estonian Player of the Year (2009–2016) Estonian League Finals MVP (2009) 4× Estonian League First Team (2003, 2007–2009) 2× Estonian League Defensive Team (2007, 2009) 2× Estonian League Forward of the Year (2007, 2009) 2× Estonian League All-Star (2004, 2007) Baltic League All-Star (2008)

Kristjan Kangur (born 23 October 1982) is an Estonian professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Varese of the Lega Basket Serie A. He is 2.02 m (6 ft 7½ in) tall, 100 kg (220 lbs.), and he can play at both the small forward and power forward positions.

Kangur started his professional career in 2000, when he signed with Tallinna Kalev. He stayed with the team for the next three years winning the Estonian Championship titles in 2002 and 2003. He also won the Estonian Cup in 2001. Despite his young age Kangur was one of the top performers in the Estonian league averaging 11.2 points and 7.3 rebounds in the 2002–03 season and 15.7 points and 6.2 rebounds in the 2003–04 season.

Good performances in Estonia earned Kangur his first foreign contract in 2004 when he signed with Bayer Giants Leverkusen of the German Bundesliga where he spent the next two seasons. After two years in Germany he returned to Estonia and signed with Kalev/Cramo. He stayed with the team until the end of the 2008–09 season winning three Estonian Cups and one Estonian Championship. Kangur was a solid leader for Kalev during those three seasons. He averaged 11.4 points and 4.9 rebounds in the 2009 play-offs and was awarded the MVP of Estonian League Finals in the same year.

In July 2009 Kangur signed a deal with French Pro A top team ASVEL Basket. He averaged 5.9 points and 2.0 rebounds in his debut season of the Euroleague as well as 5.1 points and 2.0 rebounds in Pro A. Though Kangur won the and Semaine des As with ASVEL, the season was a disappointment to the team as they narrowly missed out the Euroleague Top 16 phase and didn't reach to the playoffs of their domestic league.

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