Sten-Timmu Sokk (born 14 February 1989) is an Estonian professional

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player for Charilaos Trikoupis Messolonghi B.C. of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) tall point guard. He represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally.

Professional career

Sokk began playing basketball in his father's,

Tiit Sokk Tiit Sokk (born 15 November 1964) is a retired Estonian professional basketball player and current coach. Often cited as one of the very best European point guards of his generation, he is widely recognized as the greatest Estonian basketball p ...

's, basketball school. He began his professional career in 2005 with Noortekoondis/Audentes of the

Korvpalli Meistriliiga The Korvpalli Meistriliiga ( en, Basketball Champions League), known as the OlyBet Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier level and most important professional basketball league in Estonia. It is controlled by the Es ...

. On his first season in the KML, Sokk averaged 7.04 points per game and won the KML Best Young Player Award. In 2006, Sokk joined Dalkia/Nybit, coached by his father. He was named KML Best Young Player twice more in 2007 and

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. On 5 August 2008, Sokk joined TÜ/Rock, where he signed for the next four seasons. With TÜ/Rock, he won his first Estonian Championship in the 2009–10 season, after TÜ/Rock defeated Rakvere Tarvas 4 games to 2 in the finals and was named to the

All-KML Team All-KML Team ( et, Korvpalli Meistriliiga tähtede viisik) is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Estonia, the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). It is the yearly selection of the league's top five basketball players, by positio ...

in the 2010–11 season. In September 2012, he signed for Olimpi Tbilisi of the

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. Olimpi Tbilisi finished the 2012–13 season as runners-up. On 3 August 2013, Sokk signed for Universitatea Craiova of the Liga Națională. On 6 September 2014, Sokk signed for Rakvere Tarvas. On 22 December 2014, he left the club to join

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of the Russian Basketball Super League, signing the contract on 9 January 2015. On 17 September 2015, Sokk signed for Kalev/Cramo. He won his second Estonian Championship in the 2015–16 season, after Kalev/Cramo defeated his former team TÜ/Rock in the finals, and was named to the All-KML Team. On 13 January 2022, Sokk signed for Charilaos Trikoupis Messolonghi B.C.

Estonian national team

Sokk was a member of the Estonian national under-18 basketball team that competed at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and finished the tournament in 12th place. As a member of the senior Estonian national basketball team, Sokk competed at the

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, averaging 6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 29 minutes per game. Estonia finished the tournament in 20th place.

Personal life

Sokk's father,

, is a basketball coach and a retired professional basketball player who won a gold medal in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

with the

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. His older brother, Tanel, is also a professional basketball player and represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally. Sokk has a daughter, Aleksandra Evita, born on 7 February 2015.

Awards and accomplishments

Professional career

;TÜ/Rock * Estonian League champion: 2010 * 3×

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champion: 2009, 2010, 2011 *

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champion: 2010 ;Kalev/Cramo * 3× Estonian League champion:

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* 2×

champion: 2015, 2016

Individual

* 3× KML Best Young Player: 2006, 2007,

* 2×

: 2011,

References

External links

Sten Sokk
at basket.ee

at fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Sokk, Sten 1989 births Living people BC Dynamo Moscow players BC Kalev/Cramo players BC Rakvere Tarvas players Estonian expatriate basketball people in Georgia (country) Estonian expatriate basketball people in Greece Estonian expatriate basketball people in Romania Estonian expatriate basketball people in Russia Estonian men's basketball players Greek men's basketball players Greek people of Estonian descent Korvpalli Meistriliiga players Point guards Basketball players from Tallinn Tartu Ülikool/Rock players