Valmo Kriisa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Valmo Kriisa

Estonian basketball player

Date of Birth: 18-May-1974

Place of Birth: Pärnu, Pärnu County, Estonia

Profession: basketball player

Nationality: Estonia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Valmo Kriisa (born May 18, 1974 in Pärnu, Estonia) is an Estonian former professional basketball player.
He played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. Kriisa started his senior club career with "KK Tartu" team (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) in 1990 and after 96–97 season he moved to "Nybit".
He spent the 2000–01 season in Sweden with Södertälje BBK.
Then Kriisa returned to Estonia, signed for two seasons with "BC Kalev" and won the Estonian Championship titles in 2002 and 2003.
On seasons 2003–2006 he played for the Dutch Eredivisie team Hanzevast Capitals.
During this period he won the Dutch Championship in 2004.
After three seasons in The Netherlands, Kriisa came back to Estonia and joined BC Kalev/Cramo.
He spent three seasons with Kalev winning one Estonian Championship.
In 2007 he was named the Estonian Basketball Player of the Year.
Kriisa spent the 2009-10 season with BC Rakvere Tarvas helping the team to the Estonian league finals for the first time.
Though Tarvas lost to Tartu Ülikool/Rock, Kriisa was named the KML Most Valuable Player.
In the 2010-11 season Kriisa played for TTÜ/Kalev. Since 1995, Kriisa is a member of the Estonia national basketball team and was also a member of the Estonian EuroBasket 2001 squad.