Kristo Saage

Kristo Saage
No. 1 – Tere Kadrina Karud
Position	Point guard
League	Saku I Liiga
Personal information
Born	2 February 1985 (age 39); Rakvere, Estonia
Listed height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Listed weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2007: undrafted
Playing career	2001–present
Career history
2001–2004	Rakvere
2004–2006	Kalev/Cramo
2005–2006	→Kalev II
2006	Tartu Fausto
2006–2007	Rakvere Tarvas
2007	Kalev/Cramo
2007	→Kalev II
2008	Tamsalu Los Toros
2008–2011	Rakvere Tarvas
2011	KK Kaunas
2011–2013	University of Tartu
2013–2014	Rakvere Tarvas
2014–2016	Valga
2016–2018	TLÜ/Kalev
2018–2019	RSK Tarvas
2022–present	Tere Kadrina Karud
Career highlights and awards
	Estonian League champion (2005); KML Best Young Player (2004);

Kristo Saage (born 2 February 1985) is an Estonian professional basketball player who plays for Tere Kadrina Karud of the Saku I Liiga. He is a 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) tall point guard. He also represented the Estonian national basketball team internationally.

Club career

Kristo Saage started his basketball career in hometown BC Rakvere Tarvas (then KK Rakvere) at the age of 17. In 2004 Saage signed a deal with Estonian top team BC Kalev/Cramo. He mainly played as a substitution player, who got about 20 minutes per game. With his 3 years spell with BC Kalev/Cramo he became the Estonian champion twice and the Estonian Basketball Cup winner once.

Saage moved to play basketball for BC Rakvere Tarvas once again, sharing his tenure at the first half of the season with now-defunct BC Fausto Tartu, averaging 13.0 points and 3.8 rebounds in 2006–07 season. The following season he spent in BC Kalev/Cramo as a benchboy, so after a year in Tallinn he rejoined BC Rakvere Tarvas.

After achieving Tarvas's highest place in the KML, Saage had an offer from abroad and on 3 January 2011 it was announced that his career continued in Lithuania with KK Kaunas, where he played until the end of the 2011–12 LKL season. After a successful national team summer he signed a contract with the University of Tartu.

International career

Kristo Saage has represented Estonia since junior levels. He first came to prominence in 2004 when he played vital role beating strong Serbia and Montenegro U20, scoring 17 points and playing all 40 minutes. Since 2011 he has been included to Estonian senior team.

Awards and accomplishments

Professional career

Kalev/Cramo

Estonian League champion: 2005
2× Estonian Cup champion: 2005, 2007

University of Tartu

Estonian Cup champion: 2011

References

External links

Kristo Saage at basket.ee (in Estonian)
Kristo Saage at fiba.com