Derek Raivio

Derek Raivio
Player information
birthday	November 9, 1984
place of birth	Antwerp, Belgium
size	186 cm
position	Point guard
college	Gonzaga
Jersey number	5
Clubs as active
2003–2007 Gonzaga Bulldogs ( NCAA ) 2007–2008 RheinEnergie Köln 2008–2010 TBB Trier 2010–2011 Erie BayHawks 2011 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 2011–2012 Shinshu BW 2012–2014 Okapi Aalstar 2014–2015 ČEZ Nymburk 2015 SLUC Nancy Basket 2016–2017 Benfica Lisbon 00000 00000

Derek Raivio (born November 9, 1984 in Antwerp , Belgium ) is a former American basketball player who also played three seasons in the German basketball league and other leagues in Europe.

Career

Raivio's father Rick was a professional basketball player in Europe, Derek first went to school in France before the family returned to the United States in 1992.

The 1.86 m tall and 80 kg point guard played during his studies in Washington state for the college team Bulldogs of Gonzaga University in the NCAA Division I. In his senior year 2007, he was voted athlete of the year at his college. After his college days he moved to Germany to join the then cup winner RheinEnergie Köln . After a first filing for bankruptcy in early 2008 by the Cologne club, Raivio moved to the new season for league competitor TBB Trier , where he played the following two seasons. After Henrik Rödl was signed as coach for the 2010/11 season, Raivio no longer played a role in the new concept and plans of the Trier club.

He then returned to the United States and received a contract with Erie BayHawks in the American D-League for the 2010/2011 season. In 2011 he moved within the league from the BayHawks to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants .

His strengths were his free throw with a high percentage of hits, which was always around 90% during his college days and in the basketball league, and a good three-point throw, which was between 36% and 42% in the BBL. Raivio was appointed to the southern selection for the BBL All-Star Game in 2009 and took third place in the three-point competition on the All-Star weekend in 2010.

Raivio later played in Japan and in European countries including Belgium, the Czech Republic, France and Portugal. After the end of the 2016/17 game year, he finished his basketball career and started working in the United States in the medical technology field.

Web links

• Derek Raivio - player profile on basketball-reference.com
• easyCredit BBL - Derek Raivio - player profile on the easyCredit Basketball-Bundesliga website
• Player Bio: Derek Raivio - GONZAGA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Player profile of Derek Raivio at his college

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NBA.com: Derek Raivio Draft 2007 Profile. NBA , accessed June 23, 2012 . 
2. ↑ The skinny on Gonzaga's Derek Raivio. Retrieved August 29, 2020 . 
3. ↑ GONZAGA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Traditions / GONZAGA MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR. (No longer available online.) Gonzaga University , archived from the original March 4, 2016 ; accessed on January 12, 2010 (English, overview of the athletes of the year). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ News: Narrow victory for the north. (No longer available online.) Basketball Bundesliga , formerly the original ; accessed on January 12, 2012 (press release on the BBL ALLSTAR Game 2009).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
5. ↑ Rochestie and Shuler are the new champions. (No longer available online.) Basketball Bundesliga , January 23, 2010, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 20, 2011 (press release on ALLSTAR Day 2010).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
6. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-raivio-441196143