Perttu Blomgren

Perttu Blomgren
Blomgren with Mitteldeutscher in 2025
No. 20 – Mitteldeutscher BC
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
LeagueBasketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (2001-09-13) September 13, 2001 (age 24)
Lapua, Finland
Listed height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight88 kg (194 lb)
Career information
High schoolHelsinki Basketball Academy,
(Helsinki, Finland)
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2018Kobrat
2018–2020HBA-Märsky
2020–2023Salon Vilpas
2023–2024Kansai Helios Domžale
2024Bosna
2025Ventspils
2025–presentMitteldeutscher BC
Career highlights

Perttu Juhani Blomgren (born 13 September 2001) is a Finnish basketball player who plays as a point guard for Mitteldeutscher BC in Basketball Bundesliga, and for the Finland national team.[1]

Career

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Born in Lapua, Finland, Blomgren started his professional career with local club Kobrat in 2016 in first tier Korisliiga.

During 2018–2020 he played in second-tier Koripallon I-divisioona with Helsinki Basketball Academy team HBA-Märsky. In March 2017, he attended the Jordan Brand Classic -talent camp in Barcelona, Spain.

He joined Vilpas Vikings in Salo in 2020,[2][3][4][5] and won the Finnish championship title with his team in 2021. Blomgren was named the Most Improved Player in 2022, and the Defensive Player of the Year in 2023.[6]

After the 2022–23 season, Blomgren moved to Slovenia and signed a one-year deal with Kansai Helios Domžale (Helios Suns) in Slovenian First League and ABA League Second Division.[7][8][9][10][11] At the end of the season, Blomgren helped Domžale to finish 2nd in Slovenian league and to win silver medal.[12]

On 12 July 2024, Blomgren signed with KK Bosna in Bosnian League and ABA League Second Division.[13]

After a stint with BK Ventspils in Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, Blomgren joined German team Mitteldeutscher BC in Basketball Bundesliga until the end of 2025.[14]

National team

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A former youth international, Blomgren has played for the Finland senior national team.[15] He also represented Finland in the postponed 2021 Summer Universiade competitions in Chengdu in the summer 2023,[16] where Finland finished 5th, the best position in the nation's history.

References

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  1. ^ Perttu Blomren, basketball.realgm.com
  2. ^ Perttu Blomgren Salon Vilppaan riveihin – "Hienoa saada uusi potentiaalinen nuori pelaaja", Turun Sanomat, 27 August 2020
  3. ^ Perttu Blomgren liekeissä entisessä kotisalissaan, lapuansanomat.fi, 20 October 2022
  4. ^ Susijengiin noussut Perttu Blomgren on Vilppaan erilainen pelinrakentaja – "Otan innolla vastuun ja yritän kehittää johtajuuttani", Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, 29 September 2022
  5. ^ Susijengi on tuonut ylimääräisen pelaajan viime hetkellä EM-kisoihin – "Kaikki eivät ole pystyneet harjoittelemaan", Yle, 1 September 2022
  6. ^ Vuoden puolustuspelaaja Perttu Blomgren aloittaa suurten päätösten Susikesän – ”Tällä hetkellä kaikki on auki”, sss.fi, 30 May 2023
  7. ^ PERTTU JUHANI BLOMGREN, aba-liga.com
  8. ^ Perttu Blomgrenille sopimus Slovenian koripalloparketeilta, sss.fi, 12 August 2023
  9. ^ Susijengin lupaus siirtyy Sloveniaan – ”Odotan innolla mahdollisuutta”, suomikoris.com, 13 August 2023
  10. ^ Perttu Blomgren Slovenian pääsarjaan, basket.fi, 12 August 2023
  11. ^ Susijengin nuoren kaartin takamies siirtyy Sloveniaan, sportti.com, 12 August 2023
  12. ^ Perttu Blomgren: ”Jugoslavia-tyylin koris sopii mulle”, basket.fi, 20 June 2024
  13. ^ Perttu Blomgrenin ura jatkuu Balkanilla, uusi seura KK Bosna, basket.fi, 12 July 2024, but on 24 december Blomgren is free agent
  14. ^ Perttu Blomgren pelaa saksalaisseurassa ainakin vuoden loppuun, Salon Seudun Sanomat, 14 October 2025
  15. ^ Perttu Blomgren, basket.fi
  16. ^ Rakkisudet historialliselle viidennelle sijalle universiadeissa, basket.fi, 6 August 2023