Janar Talts is an Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player.

Career

Talts' professional career started in 2001, when he signed with KML team TTÜ-A.Le Coq. The following season he signed with the reigning Estonian champion Tallinna Kalev and won the national title in 2003. In 2004 Talts signed with Bundesliga team RheinEnergie Köln. He won two German Cups and one Bundesliga title. In the 2006–2007 season Talts played in Euroleague

Euroleague

Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...

 for the German squad. After three seasons in Germany he signed with the reigning Estonian champions Tartu Ülikool/Rock

Tartu Ülikool/Rock

Tartu Ülikool is an Estonian professional basketball club, based in Tartu, currently participating in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga, the Baltic Basketball League and the EuroChallenge. The basketball team belongs to The University of Tartu and plays their home games at the Tartu Ülikooli Spordihoone ...

 and won his second Estonian title as well as the money prize for the Best Defensive Player in the finals. Talts stayed with Rock for two more seasons and was one of the key players in winning the national league once more in 2009–10 season. In December 2010 he signed with BC Krasnye Krylya Samara

BC Krasnye Krylya Samara

BC Krasnye Krylya Samara is a Russian professional basketball club from the city of Samara, Russia. The team played in the 2009-10 Russian Super League as a replacement for bankrupt CSK VVS, that is also from Samara.-External links:* *...

 of Russian Professional Basketball League. In March 2011 he signed with Cimberio Varese in Italy

Italy

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. Talts is a member of the Estonia national basketball team

Estonia national basketball team

The Estonian National Basketball Team is the basketball team that represents Estonia in international competitions.-Eurobasket 1937:The Estonians took fifth place, with an overall record of 3–2, at the second European basketball championship, the Eurobasket 1937 held by the International Basketball...

.

Honors

Awards

• KML Finals Most Valuable Player: 2010
• All-KML First Team: 2008, 2009, 2010
• All-KML Defensive Team: 2009, 2010
• KML All-Star: 2002
• BBL All-Star: 2008

Titles

• Estonian League Championship: 2003, 2008, 2010
• Estonian Cup
  Estonian Basketball Cup
  The Estonian Basketball Cup is an annual pro basketball national cup competition. The tournament is organized by Eesti Korvpalliliit.- Winners :*1946 – Tallinna Kalev*1947 – N/A*1948 – Tallinna Kalev...
  
  : 2009, 2010
• German League Championship
  Basketball Bundesliga
  The Basketball Bundesliga — commonly abbreviated BBL — is the highest level league of club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season is split into a league stage and a playoff stage...
  
  : 2006
• German Cup: 2005, 2007
• BBL Cup: 2010

External links

• Profile at sportsdevgroup.com
• 2006/07 Euroleague stats