Remu Raitanen (born 21 August 1997) is a Finnish professional basketball player for KTP-Basket in Korisliiga. Raitanen started playing basketball in youth teams of Torpan Pojat, continuing his senior career in 2014 with Helsinki Basketball Academy team HBA-Märsky, competing in Finnish second-tier Koripallon I-divisioona.
College career On 11 May 2016, Raitanen verbally committed to the San Francisco Dons of the West Coast Conference (WCC).Remu Raitanen NCAA-liigan University of San Franciscoon, basket.fi, 11 May 2016Remu Raitanen, usfdons.com
Professional career On 19 August 2020, Raitanen returned to Finland and signed a professional contract with Korisliiga team Kobrat.Remu Raitanen Kobrapaitaan, kobrat.fi, 19 August 2020
After playing with Kobrat, Raitanen signed with KTP Basket for the 2021–22 season.Jymysiirto liigassa: Remu Raitanen Kotkaan!, ktpbasket.fi He was named the Korisliiga MVP in 2022.
For the 2022–23 season, Raitanen moved to Spain and joined LEB Oro team Albacete.
On 11 August 2023, Raitanen signed with fellow LEB Oro club Cáceres.Remu Raitanen jatkaa Espanjan kakkosliigassa, basket.fi, 11 August 2023
On 21 July 2024, Raitanen joined BC Prievidza in Slovak Basketball League and Alpe Adria Cup for the 2024–25 season.Remu Raitanen Slovakian pääsarjaan suuren roolin perässä, basket.fi, 21 July 2024
In November 2024, Raitanen signed with Keflavík of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla.
International career A former youth international, Raitanen has played over 20 games for Finland senior national team.Remu Raitanen: ”Varmasti ikimuistoisimpia kokemuksia omalla uralla”, basket.fi, 24 February 2024Koripalloammattilainen Remu Raitanen debytoi Suomen miesten maajoukkueessa Viroa vastaan heinäkuussa heittäen 15 pistettä: se on suurin debyyttiottelun pistelukema vuoden 2008 jälkeen. ”Munkka on aina sydämessä koti”, munkka.fi, 7 September 2020
Personal life His father is also a former professional basketball player who has won four Finnish championship titles and represented Finland national team.Huippupapereilla maajoukkueeseen, Helsingin Sanomat, 29 July 2020Kuva täytekakussa ja tarina sammuneesta Esa Tikkasesta – näin suomalaista korislupausta houkuteltiin jenkkiyliopistoihin, Helsingin Sanomat, 12 November 2016
Career statistics
College
| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17 | style="text-align:left;"| San Francisco | 33 || 3 || 19.2 || .402 || .321 || .526 || 3.6 || .7 || .4 || .1 || 4.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18 | style="text-align:left;"| San Francisco | 33 || 3 || 14.5 || .322 || .278 || .818 || 2.5 || .5 || .3 || .1 || 3.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19 | style="text-align:left;"| San Francisco | 28 || 1 || 9.9 || .463 || .364 || .824 || 1.7 || .8 || .3 || .1 || 3.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20 | style="text-align:left;"| San Francisco | 34 || 5 || 16.4 || .424|| .380 || .861 || 3.3 || .8 || .4 || .2 || 5.1 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 128 || 12 || 15.2 || .396 || .334 || .742 || 2.8 || .7 || .3 || .1 || 4.2
References
External links
Basket.fi profile RealGM profile