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Siim-Sander Vene (born 12 November 1990) is an Estonian professional basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League and the Basketball Champions League. Standing at 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in), he plays both the small forward and power forward positions. Vene was named Estonian Basketball Player of the Year in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Siim-Sander Vene

Vene with Gran Canaria in 2019
No. 11 – Hapoel Jerusalem
Position	Small forward / Power forward
League	Israeli Premier League Champions League
Personal information
Born	(1990-11-12) 12 November 1990 (age 31) Tartu, Estonia
Nationality	Estonian
Listed height	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight	97 kg (214 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2012 / Undrafted
Playing career	2005–present
Career history
2005–2006	TTÜ
2006–2016	Žalgiris
2006–2008	→Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school
2008–2009	→Kaunas Triobet
2010	→Kaunas
2010–2011	→Ludwigsburg
2011–2012	→Baltai
2012	→VEF Rīga
2012–2013	→Prienai
2016–2017	Nizhny Novgorod
2017	Reggiana
2018	Varese
2018	Manresa
2018	Fuenlabrada
2018–2019	Gran Canaria
2019–2020	Varese
2020–2021	Fuenlabrada
2021–2022	Limoges CSP
2022	Varese
2022–present	Hapoel Jerusalem
Career highlights and awards
3× Lithuanian League champion (2014–2016) 2× Lithuanian Cup winner (2013, 2015) Latvian League champion (2012) Baltic League champion (2010) NKL champion (2008) NIJT champion (2007) 3× Estonian Player of the Year (2017–2019)

Vene represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally.

Professional career

Vene began playing basketball with Siili Palliklubi and TTÜ. In 2006, Vene moved to Lithuania and joined Žalgiris' junior team Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school. With Žalgiris, Vene won the Nike International Junior Tournament in 2007 and the Nacionalinė krepšinio lyga (NKL) in 2008. Vene was loaned to Kaunas Triobet of the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL) for the 2008–09 season.

In the 2009–10 Euroleague, Vene averaged 2 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game.

In October 2010, Vene was loaned to Kaunas, and in December 2010, to Ludwigsburg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[1]

In 2011, Vene joined Baltai (former Kaunas) on loan from Žalgiris. In February 2012, he was loaned to VEF Rīga of the Latvijas Basketbola Līga (LBL).[2]

On 27 September 2012, Vene was loaned to Prienai. Prienai finished the 2012–13 season in fourth place.

In July 2013, Vene returned to Žalgiris. In the 2013–14 Euroleague, Vene averaged 3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game, as Žalgiris reached Top 16. Vene won his first Lithuanian Championship in the 2013–14 season, after defeating Neptūnas 4 games to 2 in the finals. In the 2014–15 season, Vene averaged 3.4 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game in the Euroleague and won his second Lithuanian Championship, after Žalgiris defeated league rivals Lietuvos rytas 4–0 in the finals.[3] In the 2015–16 Euroleague, Žalgiris once again reached Top 16, but failed to advance to the playoffs with a 2–12 record. Vene averaged 3.3 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. He won his third consecutive Lithuanian Championship in the 2015–16 season, after Žalgiris defeated Neptūnas in the finals.[4]

On 8 August 2016, Vene signed with Nizhny Novgorod of the VTB United League.[5] He was named Estonian Basketball Player of the Year in 2017.[6]

On 16 August 2017, Vene signed with Reggiana of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[7] On 29 September, he was sidelined for three months due to a leg injury and didn't play any games for Reggiana. On 4 January 2018, it was announced that Vene will sign for LBA club Varese for the remainder of the 2017–18 season.[8] On 21 June 2018, he was named Estonian Basketball Player of the Year for the second consecutive year.[9]

On September 5, 2018, Vene signed a six-weeks deal with Manresa of the Liga ACB as a replacement for the injured Justin Doellman.[10] He was released from the team when his contract ended. He signed with another Liga ACB team Fuenlabrada in December 2018.[11] Only a week later Vene moved to another Liga ACB team Gran Canaria after making use of his opt-out for signing with a EuroLeague team.[12]

On July 1, 2019 he has signed contract with Varese of the LBA. He returns to Varese after a season with three different Spanish teams.[13] On May 24, 2020 Vene signed a contract with Fuenlabrada, making a return to the Spanish club where he had already a stint in 2018. [14]

On September 28, 2021, he has signed a 2-month contract with Limoges CSP of the LNB Pro A.[15]

On January 4, 2022, he has signed with Pallacanestro Varese of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[16]

On August 9, 2022, he has signed with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League.[17]

National team career

Vene was a member of the Estonian national under-18 basketball team that competed at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and finished the tournament in 12th place. Vene averaged 12.1 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist per game.

As a member of the senior Estonian national team, Vene competed at the EuroBasket 2015, averaging 10 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.[18] Estonia finished the tournament in 20th place.

Vene was named the captain of the Estonian national team in 2020 ahead of the EuroBasket 2021 qualification games.

Personal life

Vene's father, Priit, and mother, Lea, were both basketballers. His father is now a basketball coach. Vene's younger brother, Kent-Kaarel, is also a professional basketball player.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2009–10	Žalgiris	6	0	10.9	.417	.000	.500	1.8	.2	.0	.2	2.0	1.2
2013–14	Žalgiris	5	0	13.7	.462	.500	1.000	2.6	.6	.2	.2	3.0	3.8
2014–15	Žalgiris	14	0	9.2	.450	.438	.714	1.2	.5	.5	.0	3.4	2.6
2015–16	Žalgiris	20	1	12.1	.491	.300	.833	1.6	.7	.4	.2	3.3	3.1
2018–19	Gran Canaria	18	4	15.0	.478	.389	.842	1.2	.6	.5	.0	6.8	5.1
Career		63	5	11.2	.471	.357	.789	1.5	.6	.4	.1	4.2	2.8

Domestic leagues

Season	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2007–08	Žalgiris-2	LKL	2	19.2	.300	.167	.000	4.5	2.0	.0	.0	3.5
2008–09	Kaunas Triobet		19	19.0	.400	.326	1.000	3.3	.4	.8	.3	5.2
2009–10	Žalgiris		12	13.5	.441	.308	.625	3.0	.8	.7	.3	3.3
2010–11	Kaunas		9	29.3	.490	.472	.714	4.2	1.3	1.6	.4	13.4
	EnBW Ludwigsburg	BBL	19	15.6	.378	.346	.800	1.1	.6	.4	.2	4.5
2011–12	Baltai	LKL	15	26.1	.362	.328	.600	3.4	1.5	1.3	.2	8.0
	VEF Rīga	LBL	5	21.8	.394	.385	.500	4.6	1.2	.6	.2	6.6
2012–13	Prienai	LKL	26	28.2	.502	.243	.789	5.6	2.5	1.3	.7	11.8
2013–14	Žalgiris		5	12.4	.400	.000	1.000	2.8	1.0	.4	.0	2.4
2014–15			46	14.6	.508	.333	.826	2.9	.9	.6	.3	5.4
2015–16			43	14.0	.514	.286	.788	2.9	.7	.5	.2	4.3
2016–17	Nizhny Novgorod	VTB	24	24.2	.448	.337	.756	2.7	2.0	.5	.2	10.4
2017–18	Pallacanestro Varese	LBA	20	24.9	.465	.393	.913	3.9	2.6	1.0	.2	8.3
2018–19	Manresa	ACB	6	22.0	.467	.414	1.000	3.0	.8	.3	.2	10.0
	Fuenlabrada		1	20.6	.571	.571	1.000	2.0	2.0	.0	.0	14.0
	Gran Canaria		18	13.2	.344	.243	.333	1.3	.3	.2	.3	3.0
2019–20	Pallacanestro Varese	LBA	19	25.5	.510	.422	.833	4.2	2.3	.6	.1	10.8
2020–21	Fuenlabrada	ACB	12	21.2	.391	.286	.750	2.3	1.0	.6	.0	6.0
2021–22	Limoges CSP	LNB	7	13.1	.417	.286	1.000	1.3	1.3	.3	.0	3.7
	Pallacanestro Varese	LBA	18	28.2	.486	.383	.786	4.6	1.6	.7	.3	12.2

Estonia national team

Year	Tournament	National Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2005	2005 U-16 European Championship Division B	Estonia U-16	6	4	28.0	.448	.444	.583	5.2	.0	1.5	.2	13.8
2006	2006 U-16 European Championship Division B	Estonia U-16	9	9	34.3	.372	.328	.378	9.6	3.3	2.8	1.4	16.0
2007	2007 U-18 European Championship	Estonia U-18	8	2	26.5	.430	.333	.667	5.0	1.0	1.9	.8	12.1
	2007 U-20 European Championship Division B	Estonia U-20	8	0	13.3	.300	.050	.500	3.3	.3	.9	.0	3.8
2009	EuroBasket 2009 Qualification Relegation Round	Estonia	5	0	14.4	.400	.300	.500	2.2	.2	.4	.8	4.0
2011	EuroBasket 2011 Division B	Estonia	3	0	7.7	.250	.000	1.000	.0	.7	.3	.0	1.3
2012	EuroBasket 2013 Qualification	Estonia	10	1	25.9	.551	.370	.571	6.8	1.9	.7	.5	14.0
2013	EuroBasket 2015 First Qualification Round	Estonia	4	0	21.3	.290	.286	.833	3.3	1.5	1.0	1.5	6.3
2015	EuroBasket 2015	Estonia	5	2	23.2	.340	.100	.667	6.4	1.6	.6	.2	7.8
2018	2019 Basketball World Cup Qualification	Estonia	4	4	29.0	.490	.286	.750	3.2	2.2	2.8	.0	15.5
2020	EuroBasket 2022 qualification	Estonia	2	2	31.2	.542	.500	1.000	4.5	1.5	.5	.0	18.5
2021–22	2023 Basketball World Cup Qualification	Estonia	7		26.6	.262	.176	.857	4.1	2.3	.4	.1	7.4
2022	EuroBasket 2022	Estonia	5		21.1	.465	.400	.875	1.6	1.0	.6	.2	11.4

Awards and accomplishments

Professional career

Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school

• Nike International Junior Tournament champion: 2007
• Lithuanian 2nd division champion: 2008

Žalgiris

• 3× Lithuanian League champion: 2014, 2015, 2016
• Baltic Basketball League champion: 2010
• Lithuanian Cup champion: 2015

VEF Rīga

• Latvian League champion: 2012

Prienai

• Lithuanian Cup champion: 2013

Individual

• Estonian Basketball Player of the Year: 2017, 2018, 2019

References

External links

• Siim-Sander Vene at basket.ee (in Estonian)
• Siim-Sander Vene at euroleague.net
• Siim-Sander Vene at fiba.com

На других языках

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- [en] Siim-Sander Vene

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[es] Siim-Sander Vene

Siim-Sander Vene, (nacido el 12 de noviembre de 1990 en Tartu, Estonia) es un jugador de baloncesto estonio. Con 2.03 de estatura, su puesto natural en la cancha es el de alero y ala-pívot. Actualmente juega en el Pallacanestro Varese de la Lega Basket Serie A, la máxima categoría del baloncesto italiano.

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[ru] Вене, Сийм-Сандер

Сийм-Сандер Вене (эст. Siim-Sander Vene; род. 12 ноября 1990, Тарту, Эстония) — эстонский профессиональный баскетболист, играющий на позиции лёгкого форварда. Выступает за баскетбольный клуб «Варезе».

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