Erik Sajantila (born 29 January 2001) is a Finnish basketball player who plays for

Helsinki Seagulls Helsinki Seagulls is a professional basketball team, based in Helsinki, Finland. The club is playing in the Korisliiga, the highest tier of basketball in Finland. The Seagulls were founded in 2013 and made its debut in the Korisliiga in 2014, aft ...

in Finnish Korisliiga. He played for Helsinki Basketball Academy team HBA-Märsky during 2017–2021, before starting his senior career with Lahti.

Career

While playing for

Lahti Basketball Lahti Basketball is a Finnish basketball club based in Lahti. It plays in the Korisliiga, the highest tier league in Finland. A phoenix club, the club was established in 2015 as a successor of Namika Lahti. Martin Mustonen and Kari Härkönen, a ...

, Sajantila was named the Korisliiga Player of the Month in October 2023, with a record of 30.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game during a 30-day span. He also scored 49 points against Bisons Loimaa. On 25 June 2024, Sajantila signed with fellow Korisliiga team

International career

A former youth international, Sajantila also represented Finland in the postponed

2021 Summer Universiade The 2021 Summer Universiade ( zh, 2021年夏季世界大学生运动会), the XXXI Summer World University Games, commonly known as the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games, is a multi-sport event sanctioned by the International University Spor ...

competitions in

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in the summer 2023, where Finland finished 5th, the best position in the nation's history.

Personal life

He is the son of Martti Sajantila, Finnish basketball coach and a former player who played for

Finland national basketball team The Finland men's national basketball team ( fi, Suomen koripallomaajoukkue, sv, Finlands herrlandslag i basket) represents Finland in international basketball competition. The national team is governed by Basketball Finland. Finland has pl ...

.Erik Sajantila voi tehdä historiaa ja se saa isänkin hämilleen: ”Kyllä pitää olla rehellinen”

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, 12 December 2023

Honours

* Korisliiga Player of the Month: October 2023

References

External links

Eurobasket profileBasket.fi profile
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