Martin Paasoja

Martin Paasoja
Tartu Ülikool
Position	Shooting guard
Personal information
Born	4 January 1993 (age 31); Kärdla, Estonia
Listed height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2015: undrafted
Playing career	2009–present
Career history
2009–2012	Pärnu
2012–2017	Rapla
2017–2018	SCM CSU Craiova
2018–2019	Psychikou
2019–2020	Kalev/Cramo
2020–2021	Real Valladolid
2021–2022	Rapla KK
2022–2023	ÍR
2023–2024	Rapla KK
2024–present	Tartu Ülikool
Career highlights and awards
	All-KML Team (2017);

Martin Paasoja (born 4 January 1993) is an Estonian professional basketball player for Tartu Ülikool of the Korvpalli Meistriliiga. He is a 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 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.^[1]

In April 2023, Paasoja joined Venezuelan top-tier team Centauros de Portuguesa.^[2]

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.^[3]

Season	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009–10	Pärnu	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	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

Year	Tournament	National Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2010	2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B	Estonia U-18	8	0	13.4	.489	.125	.538	2.0	.4	1.1	.5	6.9
2011	2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B	Estonia U-18	3	1	22.7	.125	.000	.667	2.7	3.0	1.3	.0	2.0
2012	2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship	Estonia U-20	9	5	28.4	.424	.270	.733	6.2	1.2	1.0	.0	11.7
2013	2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship	Estonia U-20	9	8	28.5	.350	.319	.567	5.3	1.2	2.2	.4	11.3
2015	2015 Summer Universiade	Estonia Universiade	7		14.0	.258	.083	.800	1.7	.3	.6	.0	3.0
2016	EuroBasket 2017 Qualification	Estonia	6	0	6.5	.444	.000	1.000	.8	.5	.2	.2	1.7
2017	2019 Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifiers	Estonia	4	2	17.6	.571	.333	.571	2.8	2.2	.6	.0	5.5
2017 –19	2019 Basketball World Cup Qualification	Estonia	11	6	15.3	.488	.286	.600	1.5	1.0	.9	.1	5.5

^ "Martin Paasoja til ÍR". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "SPB 2023 - Martin Paasoja (ex IR) joins Centauros". eurobasket.com. 2023-04-08.
^ "Martin Paasoja". Fiba.com.