Artūrs Štālbergs (born October 15, 1984) is a Latvian professional

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coach for

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. He is also a former player.

Playing career

Štālbergs started basketball career in his hometown

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. In 2003, he moved to USA where he played college basketball. Štālbergs finished his collegiate career in 2007 at

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. In 2007, he returned to Europe and joined Liepājas Lauvas where he played for two years. After a strong second season in Liepāja, he agreed with Ukrainian team

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in August 2009. However, ultimately he didn't sign contract with them. In October 2009, he moved to VEF Rīga. In September 2010, he decided to retire from basketball so he could pursue a coaching career. He was a member of the Latvia national basketball team that participated in

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Coaching career

Štālbergs started coaching in 2010 when he joined Liepājas Lauvas coaching staff which was led by

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. In 2012, he followed Galvanovskis and moved to Ukrainian team

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to be his assistant. In early 2014, he left Ukraine due to unstable political situation and finished season at

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's coaching staff. In July 2014, he was added as an assistant coach to

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, which is set to make Euroleague debut for 2014-15 campaign. He was hired as head coach for Nizhny Novgorod for the 2016-2017 season, coaching the team to the Eurocup Top16 stage, but left in the summer due to poor results in the VTB League. He served as head coach for

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for the 2017-2018 season. He started the season with an 8-0 record in the LKL, and was successful in the Eurocup, with a 3-2 record, before a couple of unexpected losses and reported clashes with management and players lead to his firing in December. He was hired as the new coach for

for the 2018-2019 season in May. Štālbergs has also been involved in Latvian National Team programs. He was the head coach of Latvian U20 National Team that made finals of U20 European Championship.

References

External links

FIBA Europe Profile
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