Mareks Mejeris (born 2 September 1991) is a Latvian professional

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player for

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of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, who plays the

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and

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position.

Professional career

He started his pro career in 2009 with his hometown team

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and after couple of seasons there he moved to Spain. His first team abroad was

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from LEB Gold where he played two seasons. After 2012-13 season Mejeris went to USA for NBA pre-draft workouts, but went

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. In August 2013, he signed with

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of the Liga ACB. During mid-season he was loaned to Ford Burgos where he helped team to win LEB Gold playoffs and earn promotion to Liga ACB. On 15 July 2014 he signed to VEF Rīga of Latvian League. Mejeris finished the season strong by helping VEF Rīga to win the LBL championship that led him to LBL playoffs MVP award. In May 2017, Mejeris guided VEF to one more domestic championship getting named Latvian League playoffs MVP once again. On August 13, 2019, he signed with Parma Basket of the

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. On March 9, 2022, he signed with

Victoria Libertas Pesaro Victoria Libertas (also known as "VL" or in Italian ''Vuelle''), full name Unione Sportiva Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro, is a professional basketball team that is based in Pesaro, Italy. The club competes in the top level Italian professiona ...

of the Italian

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(LBA). On August 4, 2022, he signed with

of the

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National team career

He represented Latvia national team in

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and

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.Latvia in Eurobasket 2013

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1991 births Living people Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players BK Liepājas Lauvas players BK VEF Rīga players CB Clavijo players Élan Chalon players Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players Latvian expatriate basketball people in Spain Latvian men's basketball players Liga ACB players Parma Basket players Power forwards (basketball) Small forwards Sportspeople from Liepāja {{Latvia-basketball-bio-stub