Kristjan Kangur

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kristjan Kangur
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 23, 1982(1982-10-23)
Age	42
Birthplace	Pärnu
Country	Estonia
Birth City	Pärnu
Horoscope	Capricorn

Kristjan Kangur Biography

Kristjan Kangur is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on October 23, 1982 in Pärnu, Pärnu, Estonia. Kristjan Kangur (born 23 October 1982) is an Estonian professional basketball player for Kalev/Cramo of Korvpalli Meistriliiga and VTB United League. He is 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) tall, and he can play at both the small forward and power forward positions.

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.

Kangur signed with Italian top team Virtus Bologna just before the Italian league play-offs in May 2010. He played five games for the Bologna team averaging 7.6 points with a field goal percentage of 90% on two-pointers and 100% on three-pointers. For the 2010–11 season Kangur signed with Pallacanestro Varese. He was one of the top players in the team averaging 9.9 points and 5.4 rebounds in 32 games. In July 2011 Kangur signed a three-year deal with Italian powerhouse Montepaschi Siena but was loaned to Varese for the 2011–2012 season. In his second year in Varese he posted similar numbers with 10.9 points and 5.2 rebounds in 36 games and earned himself a place in Siena’s roster.

From 2011 to 2016, Kangur was the captain of the Estonian national team. He withdrew from the team before the 2017 EuroBasket qualification tournament to treat his injuries and Rain Veideman was named the captain of the national team. Kangur was called back to the national team in 2017 and he also resumed his captaincy to lead the team in the 2019 World Cup qualification games.

Kangur represented Estonia for the first time in youth level at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Qualifying Round. In his first game, he was the top scorer for Estonia with 18 points in 23 minutes against Denmark. Kangur also played at the 2003 Summer Universiade.

Kristjan Kangur Net Worth

Kristjan Kangur is one of the richest Basketball Player from Estonia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kristjan Kangur 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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.

He made his debut for the Estonia national basketball team on 20 November 2002, at the age of 20. He scored 4 points in 8 minutes during EuroBasket 2003 Qualification Semi-Final Round game against Belarus. Since then, he has been a certain selection for the national team representing Estonia at the 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2015 EuroBasket qualification tournaments. His national team career high score is 26 points against Iceland in autumn 2012, during the EuroBasket 2013 qualification.

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 French Supercup and French League Cup 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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Kristjan Kangur height 6 ft 8 in Kristjan weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

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On 11 October 2015, Kangur signed a two-month deal with the Spanish team Laboral Kutxa Baskonia to replace injured Tornike Shengelia. He became the first ever Estonian basketball player who had played in the Spanish ACB League. Kangur was released from the team after his contract expired on 22 November. He represented Baskonia in six Euroleague games averaging 2.0 points and 1.8 rebounds and in three ACB games averaging 3.7 points and 3.3 rebounds.

Facts & Trivia

Kristjan Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Estonia. Kristjan Kangur celebrates birthday on October 23 of every year.

Kangur and his long-time friends Janar Talts and Gregor Arbet played their national team farewell game on 21 February 2019 against Serbia. Estonia won the game 71–70, Kangur scored 4 points in 20 minutes.