Akselis Vairogs (born November 8, 1985) is a Latvian professional
basketball
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coach and a former player, who played the
shooting guard
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position.
Professional career
Vairogs started his career in
Ventspils
Ventspils (; german: Windau, ; see other names) is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population of 33,906. It ...
system playing for its farm-club Ventspils Augstskola. In the 2005-06 season, 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 ...
where he became the top scorer of the Baltic Basketball League averaging 20.9 points in 31 games.
He has spent most of his career playing for Ventspils, but Vairogs also played for Slask Wroclaw in Poland, and Zemgale Jelgava in Latvia and JSA Bordeaux Basket in France.
On August 8, 2014, he re-signed a contract with Ventspils.
On August 10, 2015, he signed with Lithuanian club,
BC Lietkabelis
BC Lietkabelis ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Lietkabelis), also currently known as BC 7bet-Lietkabelis or 7bet-Lietkabelis for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball team based in Panevėžys, Lithuania, participating in the Lithu ...
.
References
External links
Eurocup Profile
1985 births
Living people
BC Lietkabelis players
BK Ventspils players
Latvian expatriate basketball people in Estonia
Latvian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
Latvian expatriate basketball people in Poland
Latvian men's basketball players
Shooting guards
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