Margus Metstak
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 16, 1961 Kallavere, Estonia |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 242 lb (110 kg) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1979–2007 |
| Position | Center |
| Career history | |
| 1981–1989 | TPI |
| 1989–1990 | TRUKO |
| 1990–1992 | Namika Lahti |
| 1992–1993 | Amicale |
| 1993–1994 | Speyer |
| 1994–1995 | Paderborn Baskets |
| 1995–1996 | Kalev |
| 1996–2001 | Tallinna Ülikoolid-A. Le Coq |
| 2001–2002 | Czarni Słupsk |
| 2002–2003 | TTÜ/A. Le Coq |
| 2003–2007 | Pirita |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Margus Metstak (born June 16, 1961) is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the center position.
Margus Metstak started his career at the age of 18 with Tallinn Pedagogical Institute for whom he played in Estonian SSR Championships until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. However, he improved and went on to play professionally for Soviet Union top-flight team Kalev Tallinn. In 1982, only his second year as a professional, the team reached the semi-finals of the Soviet Basketball Cup and took the bronze medal.
The biggest breakthrough came in 1991, when Kalev Tallinn won the Soviet Union Basketball League and became the last official champions of the collapsed empire (in fact, there was a league functioning with the same association the following year, but with only clubs from Commonwealth of Independent States competing). Kalev won the regular season with 18-4 record. In quarter-finals they beat ASK Kyiv 2-0 (90:75, 100:91) and went on to play in the semi-finals against Latvian BK VEF Rīga. The Latvian team won the first game 94-87, but Kalev managed to win two games in a row (107:90, 113:96) and the series overall 2-1. In the finals Estonians won both games against BC Spartak Saint Petersburg and won the first and last Soviet championship for Kalev Tallinn.
Metstak played briefly for Korisliiga team NMKY Lahti in late 1990, before returning to Estonia in January 1991. Following the big triumph, he went back to Finland for a season, before making a brief move to Luxembourg's team Amicale Basket. After being one of the main figures of Estonia national basketball team's successful EuroBasket 1993 in Germany, Margus Metstak received offers to play in Basketball Bundesliga for TSV Speyer and Paderborn Baskets, respectively. For the 2001-2002 season, at the age of 40, he earned his last contract from abroad, joining Polish side Czarni Słupsk.
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