Teemu Rannikko

Teemu Rannikko
	Rannikko with Finland, during EuroBasket 2017.
Vilpas Vikings
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
League	Korisliiga
Personal information
Born	September 9, 1980 (age 44); Turku, Finland
Listed height	6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2002: undrafted
Playing career	1996–2021
Coaching career	2021–present
Career history
As player:
1996–2000	Piiloset
2000–2002	Reggiana
2002–2003	Roseto
2003–2005	VL Pesaro
2005–2007	Olimpija Ljubljana
2007–2009	Khimki
2009–2010	Granada
2010–2012	Varese
2012–2013	Olimpija Ljubljana
2013–2017	Kataja
2017–2021	Vilpas Vikings
As coach:
2021–present	Vilpas Vikings (assistant coach)
2022–present	Finland (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	Russian Cup winner (2008); 5× Finnish Player of the Year (2003, 2006–2007, 2009–2010); Finnish Cup winner (2000); 4× Finnish League MVP (1999–2000, 2015, 2016); 2× Finnish League Finals MVP (2015, 2017); Finnish League Most Improved Player (1998); 2× Finnish League assists leader (2015–2016); Slovenian League champion (2006); 2× Slovenian Cup winner (2006, 2013);

Teemu Rannikko (born September 9, 1980) is a Finnish former professional basketball player and currently working as an assistant coach of Finland national team. He is 1.89 m (6' 2 1⁄2") tall, and he weighs 88 kg (195 lbs.). He mainly played at the point guard position. At his peak, he was known as a good scorer and a steady defender.

Professional career

Born in Turku, Finland, Rannikko made his breakthrough when he transferred to Scavoloni Pesaro, in 2004–05, and he made his EuroLeague debut that season. He had his most successful seasons over the next two years in Union Olimpija, where he was one of the key players for the team that played in the EuroLeague. In 2007–08, he moved to BC Khimki, where he played his first season as a sixth man successfully, but in the second season, an injury stopped Rannikko from breaking through, and he moved again after two years in Khimki. He spent the next three seasons in CB Granada and Pallacanestro Varese. On July 31, 2012, he returned to Union Olimpija, where he mostly played off the bench, so he later moved to his home club Kataja.^[1]

In 2013, Rannikko returned to Finland, when he signed with Joensuun Kataja. In the 2014–15 season, Rannikko was named the Korisliiga MVP and Korisliiga Finals MVP, after he was a member of Kataja's first championship team in history.

In 2017, Kataja won the Korisliiga again, after beating Vilpas Vikings 4–2 in the league's finals, and Rannikko won his second Finals MVP award.^[2]

National team career

Rannikko was a long-time member of the senior Finnish national basketball team. With Finland, he played at the 2011 EuroBasket, the 2013 EuroBasket, the 2014 FIBA World Cup, and the 2017 EuroBasket.^[3]

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2004–05	Scavolini Pesaro	19	6	18.1	.333	.316	.864	1.3	1.2	1.1	.0	4.3	4.3
2005–06	Union Olimpija	14	14	31.4	.445	.364	.865	2.1	3.1	1.4	.1	12.8	14.5
2006–07	Union Olimpija	13	11	31.4	.395	.368	.800	1.4	3.3	1.1	.0	14.6	13.8
2012–13	Union Olimpija	9	0	17.5	.231	.235	.900	0.7	2.4	0.1	.0	2.8	2.3
Career		55	31	24.6	.388	.344	.836	1.4	1.2	1.0	.0	8.6	8.8

EuroCup


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2002–03	Roseto	10	10	29.1	.443	.469	.824	1.2	1.9	1.6	.1	11.3	12.1
2007–08	BC Khimki	8	1	23.2	.415	.423	.900	1.2	2.2	1.0	.0	10.1	12.0
2008–09	BC Khimki	12	0	15.7	.429	.400	.917	1.0	1.2	.7	.0	4.4	3.9
Career		30	11	22.1	.432	0.438	0.872	1.1	1.7	1.1	.0	8.2	8.8

National team

Team	Tournament	Pos.	GP	PPG	RPG	APG
Finland	EuroBasket 2011	9th	8	6.0	2.5	4.5
	EuroBasket 2013	9th	6	6.3	1.5	1.7
	2014 FIBA World Cup	22nd	5	5.0	1.0	3.2
	EuroBasket 2017	11th	6	4.2	0.2	2.2

References

^ "Union Olimpija brings back Rannikko". Euroleague. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
^ "Rannikko Korisliigan finaalien MVP, Nikkarinen arvokkain pelaaja" (in Finnish). Basket.fi. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
^ Teemu RANNIKKO (FIN).

External links

[1] "Union Olimpija brings back Rannikko". Euroleague. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

[2] "Rannikko Korisliigan finaalien MVP, Nikkarinen arvokkain pelaaja" (in Finnish). Basket.fi. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2017-10-24.

[3] Teemu RANNIKKO (FIN).

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