Aivar Kuusmaa (born 12 June 1967) is an

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n basketball coach and former professional

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player who played mostly at the

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position. He won the

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in 1991 as a member of the Tallinn Kalev basketball team. Kuusmaa mostly played in Estonia, but he also spent three seasons in Greece, with

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and one season in Belgium, with Liege Basket. Also, during the service in the

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, Kuusmaa was stationed in Latvian SSR and played in the local army sports club

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. After retiring in 2005 he has been coaching

BC Kalev/Cramo BC Kalev, known as BC Kalev/Cramo for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga, the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the FIBA Europe Cup. They play their ...

(2005–2007 & 2010–2012),

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(2007–2010) and AVIS Utilitas Rapla (2014–2018). Kuusmaa has also greek citizenship under the surname Magoulas. Elected to the Hall of fame of Estonian basketball in 2020.

Achievements

As a player * 1985–86

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Championship (Standard) * 1986–87 Latvian SSR Championship (

) * 1987–88 Estonian SSR Championship (Standard) * 1988–89 Estonian SSR Championship ( Tallinna Kalev) * 1989–90

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Championship ( Youngstown Pride) * 1990–91 Soviet Union Championship (Tallinna Kalev) * 1991–92 Estonian League Championship (Tallinna Kalev) * 1992–93 Estonian League Championship (Tallinna Kalev) * 1995–96 Greek Basketball Cup (

) * 1998–99

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(Tallinn) * 1998–99 Estonian League Championship (Tallinn) * 1999–00 Estonian League Championship (Tallinna Kalev) * 2003–04 Estonian Basketball Cup (TTÜ/A.Le Coq) As a coach * 2005–06 Estonian Basketball Cup ( Kalev/Cramo) * 2005–06 Estonian League Championship (Kalev/Cramo) * 2006–07 Estonian Basketball Cup (Kalev/Cramo) * 2010–11 Estonian League Championship (Kalev/Cramo) * 2011–12 Estonian League Championship (Kalev/Cramo)

Season by season results as head coach

Abbreviations:
QF; quarter-finals.
T16; top sixteen.
R1; first round.
DNP; did not participate.

Books

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuusmaa, Aivar 1967 births Living people ASK Riga players BC Kalev/Cramo coaches Estonian basketball coaches Estonian expatriate basketball people in Belgium Estonian expatriate basketball people in Greece Estonian expatriate basketball people in the United States Estonian men's basketball players Greek Basket League players Greek people of Estonian descent KK Kalev players Liège Basket players Naturalized citizens of Greece Panathinaikos B.C. players Shooting guards Soviet expatriates in the United States Soviet expatriate sportspeople Soviet men's basketball players Basketball players from Tallinn