Aigars Šķēle (born December 4, 1992) is a professional

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player for

Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski, also known as Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish basketball team, based in Ostrów Wielkopolski. They play in the Polish Basketball League (PLK) since its promotion back in 2015 ...

of the

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(PLK).

Playing career

Šķēle spent couple of seasons in Spain, playing for

Baloncesto Fuenlabrada Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, S.A.D., known as just Fuenlabrada and also Carplus Fuenlabrada because of sponsorship reasons,, is a professional basketball team based in Fuenlabrada, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and plays their home games at Fe ...

youth teams, before returning to his home country in 2012. He played one season for

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, then joined

Jūrmala Jūrmala (; "seaside") is a state city in Latvia, about west of Riga. Jūrmala is a resort town stretching and sandwiched between the Gulf of Riga and the Lielupe River. It has a stretch of white-sand beach, and a population of 49,325 in 2019 ...

for the 2013-14 season. Šķēle helped Jūrmala to reach Latvian League semifinals for the first time in club history. On August 11, 2014, he moved to VEF Rīga. On January 7, 2015, he was loaned to

BK Valmiera BK Valmiera, named Valmiera Ordo for sponsorship reasons, was a professional basketball club based in Valmiera, Latvia which played in the Latvian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League. Since 2018 the club is on hiatus. In the 2015-2 ...

On June 11, 2021, he has signed with

s.Oliver Würzburg s.Oliver Würzburg (formerly known as s.Oliver Baskets) is a German professional basketball club located in Würzburg, Germany. After one year of absence from the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the club has returned to first division German basket ...

of the German

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. On August 11, 2022, he has signed with

of the

(PLK).

Personal

His older brother, Armands, is also a professional basketball player.

References

External links

FIBA Europe ProfileVEF Rīga Player Profile
1992 births Living people Basketball players from Riga BC Kalev/Cramo players BK Barons players BK Jūrmala players BK Valmiera players BK VEF Rīga players BK Ventspils players Latvian expatriate basketball people in Germany Latvian expatriate basketball people in Estonia Latvian expatriate basketball people in France Latvian men's basketball players Olympique Antibes basketball players Point guards S.Oliver Würzburg players Shooting guards Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski players {{Latvia-bio-stub