Petri Virtanen

Petri Virtanen
Kataja
PositionHead coach
Personal information
Born (1980-09-19) September 19, 1980 (age 44)
Jyväskylä, Finland
Listed height183 m (600 ft 5 in)
Listed weight77 kg (170 lb)
Career information
Playing career1998–present
Career history
As player:
1998–2000Säynätsalon Riento
2001–2003BC Jyväskylä
2003TTÜ/A. Le Coq
2003–2004Solna Vikings
2004–2005Porvoon Tarmo
2005–2007Kataja
2007–2008Lappeenrannan NMKY
2008–2016Kataja
As coach:
2018–2020Kataja (assistant)
2020–presentKataja
Career highlights and awards
As player

As coach

  • Finnish Cup winner (2023)

Petri Virtanen (born 18 September 1980) is a Finnish basketball coach and a former basketball player who played as a point guard. He stands 1.83 m tall and is currently working as a head coach of Joensuun Kataja in Korisliiga.[1]

Virtanen was a member of the Finland national basketball team. In FIBA EuroCup of 2007-08, playing for Lappeenrannan NMKY, he was one of the best scorers of the tournament averaging 16.2 points per game. While playing in Finnish Korisliiga, he won nine medals in the league in total.[2]

He has also coached the Finland U18 national team.[3]

In 2018, he started as an assistant coach of Kataja, and in 2020, he was named the new head coach of the team.