Antero Lehto (born 2 April 1984) is a Finnish

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player. 185 cm tall

point guard The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the five Basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position. Point guards are expected to run t ...

Lehto plays for

Pallacanestro Varese Pallacanestro Varese, also called by its current sponsor's name, the Openjobmetis Varese, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Varese, Lombardy. Founded in 1945, the team plays in the Italian basketball league system, Italian first ...

of the

Lega Basket Serie A The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) is a professional men's club basketball league that has been organised in Italy since 1920. Serie A is organised by Lega Basket, which is regulated by the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP). It is the highest-tier le ...

. Alongside Finnish competitions, Lehto has represented Pyrintö in

EuroChallenge FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run ...

and

Baltic Basketball League Baltic Basketball League (BBL) was the Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004. The league mainly focused on teams from the Baltic states, but teams from Sweden, Russia, Kazakhstan, Finland, and Belarus have participated in the Baltic L ...

. Lehto won Finnish championship with

Tampereen Pyrintö Tampereen Pyrintö ry is a Finnish multi-sport club from Tampere. Pyrintö representatives have achieved several Olympic medals and other success. In the year 2017, Pyrintö has sport sections in cross-country skiing, basketball, ski jumping, w ...

in 2010, 2011 and 2014. Moreover, he has achieved Finnish cup championship in 2013, cup silver medal in 2009 and 2012 and Korisliiga bronze medal in 2009. Lehto was elected Korisliiga's Player of the Year in 2014, Defensive player of the Year in 2012 and Most developed player of the Year in 2004 and 2014. In 2014 he was elected first time in Finland's national team rink.

Trophies and awards

*Korisliiga's Player of the Year in 2014 *Korisliiga's Defensive player of the Year in 2012 *Korisliiga's Most developed player of the Year in 2004 and 2014 *Finnish championship in 2010, 2011 and 2014 **bronze in 2009 *Finnish Cup in 2013 *Finnish Cup runner-up in 2009 and 2012 *Baltic League: fourth in 2014

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Antero Lehto
Finnish Basketball Association
Antero Lehto
Eurobasket.com 1984 births Living people Finnish men's basketball players Pallacanestro Varese players Sportspeople from Tampere Tampereen Pyrintö players 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Point guards {{Finland-basketball-bio-stub