Sasu Antreas Salin (born June 11, 1991) is a Finnish professional basketball player for

Iberostar Tenerife Club Cantera Base 1939 Canarias S.A.D., also known as Lenovo Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Domestically, the team plays in the top level league i ...

of the

Liga ACB The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...

. Standing at 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) he plays the

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 ...

and

shooting guard The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard,Shooting guards are 6'3"–6'7"BBC Sports academy URL last accessed 2006-09-09. is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting guard's m ...

positions.

Professional career

On August 27, 2010, Salin signed a three-year contract with the

Slovenian Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Sloven ...

club

Union Olimpija Košarkarski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They ...

. On June 20, 2013, he extended his contract with Olimpija for two more seasons. In February 2015, he left Olimpija and signed with Spanish team

Herbalife Gran Canaria Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria – Claret, S.A.D., is a professional basketball club based in Las Palmas, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is the Gran Canaria Arena. From 2012 until 2021, they have been sponsored by Herbalif ...

for the rest of the season. On June 16, 2015, he re-signed with Gran Canaria for one more season. On July 11, 2017, Salin signed a two-year deal with Spanish club Unicaja. On July 12, 2019, Salin signed a two-year deal with Spanish club

References

External links

Sasu Salin
at acb.com
Sasu Salin
at eurobasket.com
Sasu Salin
at euroleague.net

at fiba.com 1991 births Living people 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players ABA League players Baloncesto Málaga players CB Canarias players CB Gran Canaria players Espoon Honka players Finnish expatriate basketball people in Spain Finnish men's basketball players KK Olimpija players Liga ACB players Point guards Sportspeople from Helsinki {{Finland-basketball-bio-stub