Rolands Freimanis (born January 21, 1988) is a Latvian professional

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player for

Trefl Sopot Trefl Sopot is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Sopot, Poland. The team plays in the Polish Tauron Basket Liga. The club was founded as the replacement of Prokom Asseco Sopot that left the city of Sopot for Gdynia in 2009. Histo ...

of the

Polish Basketball League Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) (English: Polish Basketball League) is a professional men's club basketball league in Poland. It constitutes the first and highest-tier level of the Polish league pyramid. The winning team of the final round are crow ...

. He plays at the

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and

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positions.

Professional career

Born in

Gulbene Gulbene (; german: Schwanenburg) is a town in northeastern Latvia. It is an administrative center of Gulbene Municipality. The area of this region is , with a population of 29,797 inhabitants (69,369 sealen, 10,015 urban, 19,782 rural populat ...

, Latvia, Freimanis started his career with

ASK Rīga ASK Rīga is a former professional basketball club that was based in Riga, Latvia. "ASK" stood for "Armijas Sporta Klubs" (in English: Army Sports Club). History BK Rīga was then founded in 2004, and it got back the original name of ASK ...

where he played until 2008. For the 2008–09 season he went to BK VEF Rīga. After one season there his contract was bought-out by

CB Sevilla Real Betis Baloncesto S.A.D., simply known as Real Betis, is a professional basketball team based in Seville, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. It plays its home games at San Pablo. History Club Deportivo de Baloncesto Sevilla was foun ...

as he spent next season playing for their farm-club Qalat Cajasol. Following two years from 2010 till 2012 he played in LEB Gold league with short stint in Spanish ACB League with Lagun Aro GBC. Before the 2012–13 season, Freimanis joined Sutor Montegranaro of the

Lega Basket Serie A The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) is a professional men's club basketball league that has been organised in Italy since 1920. Serie A is organised by Lega Basket, which is regulated by the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP). It is the highest-tier ...

. On September 1, 2013, he signed with Ukrainian team Khimik. He had strong season with Khimik that included making Eurocup quarterfinals for the first time in club history as well as reaching Ukrainian League finals. Also, Freimanis showed loyalty to his club as he stayed with team despite difficult political situation in Ukraine. On August 26, 2014, right after completing summer with Latvian National Team Freimanis joined pre-season training camp of Spanish team Baskonia. On October 30, 2014, Freimanis signed with Estonian champion

BC Kalev/Cramo BC Kalev, known as BC Kalev/Cramo for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga, the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the FIBA Europe Cup. They play their ...

. Freimanis played great basketball for Kalev/Cramo, averaging 18.9 points and 6.4 rebounds in the

VTB United League VTB United League (russian: Единая Лига ВТБ) is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2008. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it ...

when his contract was bought-out by Russian powerhouse

UNICS Kazan BC UNICS (russian: БК УНИКС) is a professional basketball club in Kazan, Russia, that plays in the VTB United League, and formerly played in the EuroLeague. On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended the team because of the 202 ...

. On January 23, 2015, he officially signed with UNICS Kazan. Next season he went back to Estonia, signing with Kalev/Cramo. At the end of the season he became Estonian champion and was named Finals MVP. Freimanis spent the 2017-18 season with

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of the Turkish league, averaging 8.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. He signed with Ifaistos Limnou of the

Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

on August 10, 2018. On August 13, 2019, he has signed with

Anwil Włocławek Anwil is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Anwil is first mentioned in 1276. Geography Anwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 63.6% is used for agricultural purposes, wh ...

of the

. On September 28, 2020, Freimanis signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra. On August 2, 2021, he has signed with

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

of the

. On July 4, 2022, he has signed with

of the

National team career

He made his

Latvian national basketball team The Latvia men's national basketball team ( lv, Latvijas basketbola izlase) represents Latvia in international basketball. They are organized and run by the Latvian Basketball Association. Latvia has reached the European Basketball Championship ...

debut on June 27, 2007. On September 4, 2013, he set his career high with Latvia when he scored 24 points in a win over Bosnia and Hercegovina in

EuroBasket 2013 EuroBasket 2013 was the 38th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It took place from 4 September until 22 September 2013 in Slovenia. The number of participating teams was 24. France defeated Lithuania in th ...

opening game.

Awards and accomplishments

Professional career

;Kalev/Cramo * Estonian League champion:

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;Anwil Włocławek *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...

winner: 2020 *

Polish Supercup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2021, the Polish Super Cup has been ...

winner: 2019

Individual

* KML Finals Most Valuable Player:

References

External links

FIBA Europe ProfileEurocup Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Freimanis, Rolands 1988 births Living people ASK Riga players Basket Zielona Góra players BC Kalev/Cramo players BC Khimik players BC Nizhny Novgorod players BC UNICS players BK VEF Rīga players CB Girona players CB Peñas Huesca players Centers (basketball) Gaziantep Basketbol players Gipuzkoa Basket players Ifaistos Limnou B.C. players KK Włocławek players Korvpalli Meistriliiga players Latvian expatriate basketball people in Estonia Latvian expatriate basketball people in Spain Latvian men's basketball players Liga ACB players People from Gulbene Power forwards (basketball) Sutor Basket Montegranaro players Trefl Sopot players Uşak Sportif players