Joonas Järveläinen (17 August 1990) is an Estonian professional

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player for

BC Tallinna Kalev Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). Their home arena is the Audentes Sports Centre. History The team was fou ...

of the

Latvian–Estonian Basketball League The Latvian-Estonian Basketball League is the highest professional men's club basketball league in Latvia and Estonia; it has been organised since 2018, run by the Latvian Basketball Association and the Estonian Basketball Association. History ...

. He is a 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) tall

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Professional career

Järveläinen won the

Estonian Basketball Cup The Estonian Cup ( et, Eesti karikas), also known as the Paf SuperCup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual cup competition for Estonian basketball teams. It is organized by the Estonian Basketball Association. Until the 2000–01 season, the cu ...

in 2010 with

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

. From 2013 to 2015, he played for TTÜ. In 2015, he joined

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet o ...

. In August 2020, Järveläinen signed with

Grindavík Grindavík () is a fishing town on the Southern Peninsula (Iceland), Southern Peninsula of Iceland not far from the tuya Þorbjörn (mountain), Þorbjörn. It is one of the few cities with a harbour on this coast. Most of the inhabitants work in ...

of the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla.

Estonian national team

Järveläinen is a member of the

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since 2015.

Awards and accomplishments

Professional career

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: (2010)

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Joonas Järveläinen
at basket.ee
Joonas Järveläinen
at bbl.net 1990 births Living people BC Valga players British Basketball League players Expatriate basketball people in England Expatriate basketball people in Iceland Estonian men's basketball players Grindavík men's basketball players KK Pärnu players Korvpalli Meistriliiga players Plymouth Raiders players Rapla KK players Small forwards Sportspeople from Paide Tartu Ülikool/Rock players TTÜ KK players Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players University of Tartu alumni Tallinn University of Technology alumni {{Estonia-basketball-bio-stub