Rain Veideman

Rain Veideman (born 1 October 1991) is an Estonian professional basketball player for Haljala NGU of the Saku I liiga. He has also represented the Estonian national basketball team internationally. Standing at a height of , he primarily plays the shooting guard position.

Professional career Veideman began playing basketball with sPORTKUNDA/Rakvere. He began his professional career in 2008, at the age of 17, with Kuremaa of the Korvpalli Meistriliiga. Kuremaa finished the 2008–09 season in last place, despite Veideman averaging 10.9 points per game.

In 2009, he transferred to Rakvere Tarvas. The team finished the 2009–10 season as runners-up, with Veideman averaging 15.1 points per game. He was named to the All-KML Team.

In 2010, Veideman signed for the Estonian champions TÜ/Rock. In the 2010–11 season, Veideman averaged 15.6 points per game and won the KML Best Young Player Award. On 4 February 2012, Veideman was loaned to Bayreuth of the Basketball Bundesliga for the remainder of the season. In Germany, Veideman averaged 7.5 points per game as Bayreuth finished the 2011–12 season in 13th place. Veideman returned to TÜ/Rock for the 2012–13 season.

On 30 July 2013, Veideman signed for Kalev/Cramo. Kalev/Cramo won the 2013–14 Estonian League championship. Veideman averaged 9.2 points per game and was named to the All-KML Team. In the 2013–14 VTB United League season, Veideman averaged 8.7 points per game and was named Top Estonian Player of the league. He averaged 11.7 points per game in the 2014–15 VTB United League season and was named Top Estonian Player for the second time. Veideman won his second Estonian Championship in the 2015–16 season, after Kalev/Cramo defeated TÜ/Rock in the finals, winning the series 4 games to 1.

On 5 March 2017, Veideman left Kalev/Cramo and signed for G.S.A. Udine of the Serie A2. He stayed with the team for the next season. Veideman returned to Estonia in the beginning of 2018–19 season and signed with AVIS Utilitas Rapla. In December 2018 he signed with Pompea Mantovana and returned to Italian Serie A2. He scored 28 points in 30 minutes on his debut against Hertz Cagliari. He started the 2019–20 season in his hometown club Rakvere Tarvas. In December 2019 Veideman started his third stint in Italy as he signed with Serie A2 team Eurobasket Roma.

On 11 August 2021, Veideman signed with KK Viimsi of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League.

Estonian national team Veideman was a member of the Estonian national under-18 basketball team that competed at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and finished the tournament last, in 16th place.

As a member of the senior Estonian national basketball team, Veideman competed at the EuroBasket 2015, averaging 10 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4 assists per game, in 32.6 minutes. Estonia finished the tournament in 20th place.

Veideman was named captain of the national team for the EuroBasket 2017 qualifiers.

Awards and accomplishments

Professional career TÜ/Rock 2× Estonian Cup champion: 2010, 2011 BBL Cup champion: 2010 Kalev/Cramo 2× Estonian League champion: 2014, 2016 2× Estonian Cup champion: 2015, 2016

Individual 2× All-KML Team: 2010, 2014 KML Best Young Player Award: 2010, 2011 2× VTB United League Top Estonian Player: 2014, 2015 KML All-Star: 2017 KML All-Star MVP: 2017

Career statistics

Domestic leagues Season Team League 2008–09 Kuremaa KML 16 25.3 .424 .346 .641 4.4 1.9 1.6 .6 10.9 2009–10 Rakvere Tarvas 32 33.7 .425 .297 .762 3.8 1.9 1.8 .1 15.1 2010–11 TÜ/Rock 35 25.6 .430 .328 .797 3.3 2.2 1.8 .2 11.6 2011–12 16 31.0 .503 .380 .773 3.7 2.8 2.1 .1 15.6 Bayreuth BBL 14 24.2 .415 .359 .657 2.4 1.9 .9 .2 7.5 2012–13 TÜ/Rock KML 20 24.3 .466 .365 .894 2.7 1.7 1.3 .2 10.2 2013–14 Kalev/Cramo 34 24.8 .427 .345 .771 2.5 2.2 1.1 .4 9.2 2014–15 20 25.7 .419 .320 .879 3.5 2.5 .8 .1 11.8 2015–16 28 23.1 .482 .346 .794 3.7 2.2 1.0 .1 13.1 2016–17 17 23.9 .428 .280 .830 3.1 3.2 .9 .1 11.5 G.S.A. Udine Serie A2 7 32.1 .361 .294 .951 4.7 3.7 .6 .3 17.0 2017–18 27 30.7 .384 .324 .833 3.7 3.2 .9 .1 12.8 2018–19 Avis Utilitas Rapla LEBL 11 33.4 .489 .255 .830 4.7 4.1 1.8 .4 17.8 Pompea Mantovana Serie A2 25 33.1 .397 .286 .826 2.9 3.3 1.3 .0 14.8 2019–20 RSK Tarvas LEBL 11 36.2 .480 .341 .887 3.4 4.3 1.4 .0 18.5 Eurobasket Roma Serie A2 12 30.1 .426 .280 .738 2.7 2.3 .5 .1 13.6

Estonia national team