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Hanno Möttölä 
Position Power forward Height 6 ft 10.25 in (2.09 m) Weight 250 lb (110 kg) League Korisliiga Team Torpan Pojat Born September 9, 1976
Helsinki, FinlandNationality Finnish College Utah Draft 2nd round, 40th overall, 2000
Atlanta HawksPro career 2000–2008; 2009–present Career history Atlanta Hawks (2000–02)
TAU Cerámica (2002–03)
Skipper Bologna (2003–04)
Scavolini Pesaro (2004–05)
Dynamo Moscow (2005–06)
Žalgiris Kaunas (2006–2007)
Aris Thessaloniki (2007–2008)Hanno Aleksanteri Möttölä (born September 9, 1976 in Helsinki) is a Finnish professional basketball player. Möttölä previously played for the Atlanta Hawks in the National Basketball Association (NBA), in the power forward position, where he became the first player from Finland to play in the NBA.
Möttölä attended the University of Utah in the USA where he played college basketball. After graduation, he was selected in the second round, with the 40th overall pick, in the 2000 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks. He played two seasons with the Hawks. After his time with the Hawks, he returned to Europe, playing in Spain with TAU Cerámica of the ACB, then in Italy with Skipper Bologna (in the 2003-2004 season his team reached the Italian championship finals and Euroleague final) and Scavolini Pesaro (from 2004 to 2005), in the Russian Super League with Dynamo Moscow, in the Lithuanian league with Žalgiris Kaunas and in the Greek A1 league with Aris, after signing with the team on July 26, 2007.[1]
He announced his retirement from basketball on 26 September 2008,[2] but decided to return to basketball just nine months later.[3] In September 2009 Möttölä signed with the Finnish team Torpan Pojat.
Finnish National Hockey League (NHL) players, Jarkko Ruutu and Tuomo Ruutu, are Möttölä's second cousins.[4]
Notes
- ^ Aris inks big men Mottola and Agadakos
- ^ Hanno Mottola of Finland retires
- ^ El pívot finés ha decidido regresar a la competición tras nueve meses de retiro (in Spanish)
- ^ Tuomo Ruutu; ihanfinaalissa.fi (Finnish)
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2000 NBA Draft First round Kenyon Martin · Stromile Swift · Darius Miles · Marcus Fizer · Mike Miller · DerMarr Johnson · Chris Mihm · Jamal Crawford · Joel Przybilla · Keyon Dooling · Jérôme Moïso · Etan Thomas · Courtney Alexander · Mateen Cleaves · Jason Collier · Hedo Türkoğlu · Desmond Mason · Quentin Richardson · Jamaal Magloire · Speedy Claxton · Morris Peterson · Donnell Harvey · DeShawn Stevenson · Dalibor Bagarić · Jake Tsakalidis · Mamadou N'Diaye · Primož Brezec · Erick Barkley · Mark MadsenSecond round Marko Jarić · Dan Langhi · A. J. Guyton · Jake Voskuhl · Khalid El-Amin · Mike Smith · Soumaila Samake · Eddie House · Eduardo Nájera · Lavor Postell · Hanno Möttölä · Chris Carrawell · Olumide Oyedeji · Michael Redd · Brian Cardinal · Jabari Smith · DeeAndre Hulett · Josip Sesar · Mark Karcher · Jason Hart · Kaniel Dickens · Igor Rakočević · Ernest Brown · Dan McClintock · Cory Hightower · Chris Porter · Jaquay Walls · Scoonie Penn · Pete MickealFinland squad – EuroBasket 2011 – 9th place Categories:- 1976 births
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- Atlanta Hawks draft picks
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- Expatriate basketball people in the United States
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- Finnish basketball players
- Finnish expatriates in Greece
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- Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna players
- Victoria Libertas Pesaro players
- People from Helsinki
- Utah Utes men's basketball players
- BC Žalgiris players
- BC Dynamo Moscow players
- Aris B.C. players
- Power forwards (basketball)
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