Valmo Kriisa (born 18 May 1974 in

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 ...

, Estonia) is an Estonian former professional

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player. He played at the

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and

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positions. Kriisa started his senior club career with "KK Tartu" team (

Tartu Ülikool/Rock University of Tartu basketball team ( et, link=no, Tartu Ülikooli korvpallimeeskond ), for sponsorship reasons known as Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits, is a professional basketball team based in Tartu, Estonia. The team plays in the Latvian–Es ...

) in 1990 and after 96–97 season he moved to "Nybit". He spent the 2000–01 season in

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with

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. Then Kriisa returned to Estonia, signed for two seasons with "BC Kalev" and won the Estonian Championship titles in 2002 and 2003. On seasons 2003–2006 he played for the

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Eredivisie team

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. During this period he won the Dutch Championship in 2004. After three seasons in The Netherlands, Kriisa came back to Estonia and joined

BC Kalev/Cramo BC Kalev, known as BC Kalev/Cramo for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga, the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the FIBA Europe Cup. They play their ...

. He spent three seasons with Kalev winning one Estonian Championship. In 2007 he was named the Estonian Basketball Player of the Year. Kriisa spent the 2009-10 season with

BC Rakvere Tarvas BC Rakvere Tarvas is a professional basketball club based in Rakvere, Estonia. The team plays in the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League. Their home arena is the Rakvere Sports Hall. Tarvas was relegated to the third Estonian division in 2017 ...

helping the team to the Estonian league finals for the first time. Though Tarvas lost to

, Kriisa was named the KML Most Valuable Player. In the 2010-11 season Kriisa played for

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. Since 1995, Kriisa is a member of the

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and was also a member of the Estonian

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squad. He is the father of

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player

Kerr Kriisa Kerr Kriisa (born 2 January 2001) is an Estonian college basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference. He previously played for the Arizona Wildcats and West Virginia Mountaineers. Listed at and , he plays the point ...

Honours

Club

;Nybit *

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 ...

: 1998 ;Tallinna Kalev *

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 Est ...

: 2001–02, 2002–03 *

: 2001 ;Hanzevast Capitals *

Dutch Basketball League The Dutch Basketball League (DBL), formerly the Eredivisie, was the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands, run by the Federatie Eredivisie Basketball (FEB). Since 2021, the league has been replaced by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT Le ...

: 2003–04 *

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: 2005 ;Kalev/Cramo *

: 2008–09 *

: 2006, 2007, 2008 ;University of Tartu *

: 2014–15 *

: 2013, 2014

Individual

Estonian Basketball Player of the Year The Estonian Basketball Player of the Year is an annual award given to the best performing Estonian basketball player of the respective season. From 1995 to 2001 the award was decided by a poll of Estonian sports journalists and given by the magaz ...

: 2007 * KML Most Valuable Player:

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* KML Best Defender:

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* All-KML First Team:

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All-Star:

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

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