Aatu Kivimäki (born 8 June 1997) is a Finnish

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

player who plays as a

point guard The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player ...

for

Slovak Basketball League The Slovenská Basketbalová Liga (SBL) () is the highest level tier league of men's professional club basketball in Slovakia. The league was founded in 1993. MBK Pezinok is the league's most successful team, having won a league record 9 champions ...

team Patrioti Levice.

Career

Kivimäki started basketball with .

Salon Vilpas (2016–2021)

During 2016–2021, he played for

Salon Vilpas Salon Vilpas is a professional basketball club based in Salo, Finland. The team currently plays in the top level Korisliiga. The Vikings are a part of the Salon Vilpas multi-sport club. In 2021, Vilpas won its first Korisliiga championship. Curre ...

Korisliiga The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season, once at home and once away, for a total o ...

, winning the Finnish championship in 2021. He was also awarded the Korisliiga Rookie of the Year in 2017. Vilpas also won two silver medals in the league in 2017 and 2018.

Tigers Tübingen (2021–2024)

In 2021, he joined

Tigers Tübingen Tigers Tübingen is a basketball team from Tübingen, a college town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany, playing in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the country's first tier league. Founded as SV 03 Tübingen, is affiliated with the multi-spor ...

in German

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. In 2023, they won the promotion to

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. Next season Kivimäki averaged 6.4 points and 4.1 assists in Bundesliga.

Patrioti Levice (2024–present)

In September 2024, Kivimäki joined Patrioti Levice in

. They won the domestic championship in 2025. They also played in the

FIBA Europe Cup The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC) is an annual professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is FIBA Europe's second level competition. Clubs mainly qualify based on their performance in national leagues an ...

National team career

A former youth international, Kivimäki has played for Finland senior national team.Susijengi nujersi Viron – Mikael Jantunen heitti maaotteluennätyksensä, Aatu Kivimäki sai näyttöpaikkansa

Aamulehti ''Aamulehti'' ( Finnish for "morning newspaper") is a Finnish-language daily newspaper published in Tampere, Finland. Established in 1881 by Finnish patriots in Tampere, the newspaper aimed to bolster the Finnish language and people's identity d ...

, 14 November 2022

References

External links

Basketball Finland profileRealGM profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kivimäki, Aatu 1997 births Living people Vilpas Vikings players Finnish men's basketball players Point guards Tigers Tübingen players Finnish expatriate basketball people in Germany Finnish expatriate basketball people in Slovakia BK Patrioti Levice players 21st-century Finnish sportsmen