Ensiklopedia Dunia

Technopedia Center

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

Antti Kanervo - Wikipedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Antti Kanervo
No. 18 – BC Nokia

Position	Shooting guard
League	Korisliiga
Personal information
Born	(1989-04-12) April 12, 1989 (age 35) Äänekoski, Finland
Listed height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Career information
Playing career	2005–present
Career history
2005–2007	Äänekosken Huima
2007–2008	BC Jyväskylä
2008–2010	Kouvot
2010–2014	Joensuun Kataja
2014–2016	Kauhajoen Karhu
2016–2017	Chorale Roanne Basket
2017–2018	Helsinki Seagulls
2018–2019	Stjarnan
2019–2023	Helsinki Seagulls
2023–2024	Stjarnan
2024–present	BC Nokia

Career highlights and awards
Finnish champion (2023) 5× Finnish Cup winner (2010, 2011, 2020–2022) Icelandic Cup winner (2019) Finnish D1 MVP (2008)

Antti Kanervo (born 12 April 1989) is a Finnish professional basketball player for the BC Nokia of the Finnish Korisliiga.

Playing career

Professional career

Kanervo started his career at Huima in Äänekoski. He moved to BC Jyväskylä in spring 2007 and hit himself in the following season. In the last match of the season, he scored 64 points and earned 21.1 points throughout the season.^[1] For the 2008–2009 season, Kanervo signed a two-year contract with Kouvot in the Finnish top-tier Korisliiga.^[2] He played two season for the club and won the bronze medal in 2010. Kanervo moved with coach Jukka Toijala after Joensuu's junior season 2009–2010.^[3]

In June 2016, Kanervo signed with Chorale Roanne Basket of the LNB Pro B.^[4]

In August 2018, Kanervo signed with Stjarnan of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla.^[5] On 13 December 2018, he scored a season high 40 points in Stjarnan victory against UMF Grindavík.^[6] On 16 February 2019, he helped Stjarnan win the Icelandic Cup, scoring 11 points in the team's 84–68 victory against Njarðvík in the Cup finals.^[7] During the regular season, Kanervo averaged 17.5 points per game, helping Stjarnan post the best record in the league and a home court advantage through the playoffs.^[8]

On 29 March 2019, Kanervo was hit by coins thrown by a fan in Grindavík in the closing seconds of Stjarnan's playoffs victory against UMF Grindavík.^[9]

He helped Stjarnan reach the semi-finals in the playoffs where they unexpectedly lost to 7th seeded ÍR. In 9 playoffs games, Kanervo averaged 15.7 points per game while making 39 percent of his three-point shots.

On 22 July 2019, Kanervo returned to Finland signing with Helsinki Seagulls for the 2019–20 season.^[10] In 2023, he helped the Seagulls win the Finnish Championship.^[11]

In July 2023, Kanervo returned to Iceland and signed back with Stjarnan.^[11]

National team career

Kanervo debuted with the Finnish national basketball team in 2010.^[3]

Awards, titles and achievements

Titles

Icelandic Cup:
- 2019
Finnish Cup (2):
- 2011, 2012

Awards

Finnish D1 MVP:
- 2008

References

^ "Kouvot kaappasi nuorten maajoukkuemies Kanervon". Basket.fi (in Finnish). 6 May 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ Joni Malkamäki (5 May 2008). "BC Jyväskylän Kanervo valitsi Kouvolan". ksml.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b Terho Vuorinen (21 September 2010). "Päällikön aika" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. p. 26.
^ "Antti Kanervo (ex Kauhajoki) agreed terms with Roanne". Eurobasket.com. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ Kristjana Arnarsdóttir (16 August 2018). "Stjarnan fær öflugan liðsstyrk". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ Bjarni Þórarinn Hallfreðsson (15 December 2018). "Körfuboltakvöld: Kennslumyndband um hvernig á að skjóta fyrir unga leikmenn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ Kristján Jónsson (16 February 2019). "Stjarnan Bikarmeistari í fjórða sinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ "Stóra markmiðið að verða Íslandsmeistarar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 21 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ Anton Ingi Leifsson (29 March 2019). "Hiti í Grindavík: Klinki kastað inn á völlinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ "ANTTI KANERVO PALAA SEAGULLSIIN!" (in Finnish). helsinkiseagulls.com. 22 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (6 July 2023). "Kanervo endurnýjar kynnin við Stjörnuna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 July 2023.

External links

Icelandic statistics at kki.is
Profile at realgm.com