No. 3–Helios Suns | |
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Position | Point guard, Shooting guard |
League | Slovenian First League ABA League Second Division |
Personal information | |
Born | Lapua, Finland | September 13, 2001
Listed height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Listed weight | 88 kg (194 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Helsinki Basketball Academy, (Helsinki, Finland) |
NBA draft | 2023: undrafted |
Playing career | 2016–present |
Career history | |
2016–2018 | Kobrat |
2018–2020 | HBA-Märsky |
2020–2023 | Salon Vilpas |
2023–present | Helios Suns |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Perttu Juhani Blomgren (born 13 September 2001) is a Finnish basketball player who plays for Slovenian club Helios Suns in Slovenian First League and ABA League Second Division. [1]
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 Helios Suns. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
A former youth international, Blomgren has been capped four times for the Finland senior national team. [12] He also represented Finland in the postponed 2021 Summer Universiade competitions in Chengdu in the summer 2023, [13] where Finland finished 5th, the best position in the nation's history.
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