Petri Virtanen

Petri Virtanen
Kataja
Position	Head coach
Personal information
Born	September 19, 1980 (age 43); Jyväskylä, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Listed height	183 m (600 ft 5 in)
Listed weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Career information
Playing career	1998–present
Career history
As player:
1998–2000	Säynätsalon Riento
2001–2003	BC Jyväskylä
2003	TTÜ/A. Le Coq
2003–2004	Solna Vikings
2004–2005	Porvoon Tarmo
2005–2007	Kataja
2007–2008	Lappeenrannan NMKY
2008–2016	Kataja
As coach:
2018–2020	Kataja (assistant)
2020–present	Kataja
Career highlights and awards
	As player Korisliiga champion (2015); 3x Finnish Cup winner (2008, 2011, 2012); Estonian Cup winner (2003); FIBA EuroCup All-Star (2008); 2x Korisliiga MVP (2003, 2006); 2x Korisliiga Sixth Man of the Year (2013, 2015); Korisliiga Most Improved Player (2002); As coach Finnish Cup winner (2023);

Petri Virtanen (born 18 September 1980) is a Finnish basketball coach and a former basketball player who played as a point guard. He stands 1.83 m tall and is currently working as a head coach of Joensuun Kataja in Korisliiga.^[1]

Virtanen was a member of the Finland national basketball team. In FIBA EuroCup of 2007-08, playing for Lappeenrannan NMKY, he was one of the best scorers of the tournament averaging 16.2 points per game. While playing in Finnish Korisliiga, he won nine medals in the league in total.^[2]

He has also coached the Finland U18 national team.^[3]

In 2018, he started as an assistant coach of Kataja, and in 2020, he was named the new head coach of the team.

Career statistics

Team	Tournament	Pos.	GP	PPG	RPG	APG
Finland	EuroBasket 2011	9th	5	3.4	1.2	0.4

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