Perttu Blomgren

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Perttu Blomgren
No. 20Mitteldeutscher BC
Position Point guard / shooting guard
League Basketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (2001-09-13) September 13, 2001 (age 24)
Lapua, Finland
Listed height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight88 kg (194 lb)
Career information
High schoolHelsinki Basketball Academy,
(Helsinki, Finland)
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2018 Kobrat
2018–2020 HBA-Märsky
2020–2023 Salon Vilpas
2023–2024 Kansai Helios Domžale
2024 Bosna
2025 Ventspils
2025–present Mitteldeutscher BC
Career highlights

Perttu Juhani Blomgren (born 13 September 2001) is a Finnish basketball player who plays as a point guard for Mitteldeutscher BC in Basketball Bundesliga, and for the Finland national team. [1]

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Career

Born in Lapua, Finland, Blomgren started his professional career with local club Kobrat in 2016 in first tier Korisliiga.

During 2018–2020 he played in second-tier Koripallon I-divisioona with Helsinki Basketball Academy team HBA-Märsky. In March 2017, he attended the Jordan Brand Classic -talent camp in Barcelona, Spain.

He joined Vilpas Vikings in Salo in 2020, [2] [3] [4] [5] and won the Finnish championship title with his team in 2021. Blomgren was named the Most Improved Player in 2022, and the Defensive Player of the Year in 2023. [6]

After the 2022–23 season, Blomgren moved to Slovenia and signed a one-year deal with Kansai Helios Domžale (Helios Suns) in Slovenian First League and ABA League Second Division. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] At the end of the season, Blomgren helped Domžale to finish 2nd in Slovenian league and to win silver medal. [12]

On 12 July 2024, Blomgren signed with KK Bosna in Bosnian League and ABA League Second Division. [13]

After a stint with BK Ventspils in Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, Blomgren joined German team Mitteldeutscher BC in Basketball Bundesliga until the end of 2025. [14]

National team

A former youth international, Blomgren has played for the Finland senior national team. [15] He also represented Finland in the postponed 2021 Summer Universiade competitions in Chengdu in the summer 2023, [16] where Finland finished 5th, the best position in the nation's history.

References

  1. Perttu Blomren, basketball.realgm.com
  2. Perttu Blomgren Salon Vilppaan riveihin – "Hienoa saada uusi potentiaalinen nuori pelaaja", Turun Sanomat, 27 August 2020
  3. Perttu Blomgren liekeissä entisessä kotisalissaan, lapuansanomat.fi, 20 October 2022
  4. Susijengiin noussut Perttu Blomgren on Vilppaan erilainen pelinrakentaja – "Otan innolla vastuun ja yritän kehittää johtajuuttani", Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, 29 September 2022
  5. Susijengi on tuonut ylimääräisen pelaajan viime hetkellä EM-kisoihin – "Kaikki eivät ole pystyneet harjoittelemaan", Yle, 1 September 2022
  6. Vuoden puolustuspelaaja Perttu Blomgren aloittaa suurten päätösten Susikesän – ”Tällä hetkellä kaikki on auki”, sss.fi, 30 May 2023
  7. PERTTU JUHANI BLOMGREN, aba-liga.com
  8. Perttu Blomgrenille sopimus Slovenian koripalloparketeilta, sss.fi, 12 August 2023
  9. Susijengin lupaus siirtyy Sloveniaan – ”Odotan innolla mahdollisuutta”, suomikoris.com, 13 August 2023
  10. Perttu Blomgren Slovenian pääsarjaan, basket.fi, 12 August 2023
  11. Susijengin nuoren kaartin takamies siirtyy Sloveniaan, sportti.com, 12 August 2023
  12. Perttu Blomgren: ”Jugoslavia-tyylin koris sopii mulle”, basket.fi, 20 June 2024
  13. Perttu Blomgrenin ura jatkuu Balkanilla, uusi seura KK Bosna, basket.fi, 12 July 2024, but on 24 december Blomgren is free agent
  14. Perttu Blomgren pelaa saksalaisseurassa ainakin vuoden loppuun, Salon Seudun Sanomat, 14 October 2025
  15. Perttu Blomgren, basket.fi
  16. Rakkisudet historialliselle viidennelle sijalle universiadeissa, basket.fi, 6 August 2023