- Gert Kullamäe
Infobox athlete biography
athletename = Gert Kullamäe
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1971|6|3|mf=y
cityofbirth =Tallinn
countryofbirth =Estonia
nationality = Estonian
current position = Shooting Guard / Small Forward
height = 196 cm
weight = 96 kg
league =SEB Korvpalli Meistriliiga
current team =Tartu Ülikool/Rock
years with team = 2006-present
previous teams = 1985-1989 TPI
1989-1990 TPEDI
1990-1993 Kalev Tallinn
1993-1994BC Zalgiris
1994-1996BC Kalev
1996-1997 Kamee
1998-2000BC Kalev
2000-2001Telindus Oostende
2001-2002 BC Hotronic
2002-2004Brose Baskets
2004-2006EiffelTowers Gert Kullamäe (bornJune 3 ,1971 inTallinn ,Estonia ) is anEstonian professionalbasketball player. He mostly plays in a shooting guard position and is a great 3-point shooter. Gert Kullamäe is six-time Estonian Champion and USSR, Lithuanian, Belgian and Dutch champion.Club career
Kullamäe made his senior club debut with TPI (
Tallinn University of Technology ) team inEstonian SSR Championship (todaySEB Korvpalli Meistriliiga ). This happened in autumn 1985 when he was only 14 years and 4 months old. After some seasons, he signed with Tallinna "Kalev" team and he has played inUSSR Championships;Korac Cup in 1990-91 andFIBA European Champions Cup in 1991-92.During this period Kullamäe won USSR Championship in 1991 and Estonian Championships in 1992 and 1993. Then he moved to LithuanianBC Zalgiris and won the Lithuanian Championship in 1994. InLithuania he was coached byJaak Salumets ,ex- coach of Tallinn "Kalev" and theEstonia national basketball team . After a successful season with the Lithuanian club Kullamäe came back to Estonia and played for "BC Kalev" and "Kamee" teams in Meistriliiga. He won the Estonian Championships again in 1995 and 1998.Eurobasket.com voted him a Meistiliiga MVP in 1998; 1999; 2000. Kullamäe signed a contract withTelindus Oostende in 2000-01 season and won the Belgian League with the team. After a serious knee injury and one season in an Estonian team "BC Hotronic" he moved back to Europe. Kullamäe signed to a Bundesliga teamBrose Baskets . With this team he won two German Championships silver medals and then moved toEiffelTowers . Kullamäe was voted Dutch Eredivisie All-Bosman Player of the Year in 2005 ; 2006 and he won the Dutch Championship in 2006. In summer of 2006 Kullamäe came back to Estonia and joinedTartu Ülikool/Rock . In 2007 and 2008 he won his 5th and 6th Estonian Championship title with Tartu team. Gert Kullamäe is currently the captain of Tartu team.National Team career
In the late 80's young Gert Kullamäe was a member of the U-17 USSR Basketball team (coached by
Modestas Paulauskas ) and the U-19 USSR Basketball team (coached byStanislav Jerjomin ).He won bronze medal with the USSR team in the U-17 European Championship in 1988.Kullamäe was a member ofEstonia national basketball team in 1993-95; 1998-2001; 2004 and 2007(captain).His National team career-high score was 32 points againstLithuania in autumn 1994,during theEuroBasket 1995 qualifaying round. Kullamäe was also a member of the EstonianEuroBasket 1993 squad.Honours
=flagicon|Estonia Kalev Tallinn=* USSR Championships: 1991
* Estonian League: 1992, 1993flagicon|Lithuania
BC Zalgiris *
LKL : 1994flagicon|Estonia
BC Kalev * Estonian League: 1995, 1998
flagicon|Belgium
Telindus Oostende * Belgian League: 2001
* Belgian Cup: 2001flagicon|Netherlands
EiffelTowers *
Basketball Eredivisie : 2006flagicon|Estonia
Tartu Ülikool/Rock * Estonian League: 2007, 2008
External links
* [http://basket.ee/index.php?mid=6§ion=player&id=139 Profile] at basket.ee et icon
* [http://www.bbl.net/index.php/b19sYW5nPWVuJm9fc2Vhcz0xOCZvX2xlYWc9OCZmdXNlYWN0aW9uPXBsYXllcnMubWFpbiZwPTI0NQ= Profile] at bbl.net
* [http://kullamae.oyla11.de German Fansite]
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