Juris Umbraško (born 29 July 1978 in Jekabpils,

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) is a Latvian professional

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coach and player. He heads the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League team Rīgas Zeļļi.

Club play

Umbraško started his senior club career with

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team ASK Broceni LMT and later moved to European basketball powerhouse

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. In 2002 he returned to Latvia to represent BK Ventspils and won the Latvian Championship titles in 2002 and 2003. After years abroad and in Latvia, he struggled to play consistently. He played in Ukraine for almost 4 years, representing different teams, but achieving little success. In 2008 he returned to Latvia to play an episodic role in VEF Riga's Latvian League triumph. At the beginning of the 2011–2012 season, he joined Estonian team BC Rakvere Tarvas with fellow Latvians Kaspars Cipruss and Rinalds Sirsniņš.

Club coach

Umbraško was named the Best Coach of the Latvian Basketball League by Latvian journalists after leading the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League club Rigas Zeļļi to the 2024 playoffs in the team's debut season.

International career

Juris Umbraško has been a frequent member of the

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. He first represented Latvia in youth level, U22 games and caught attention of the senior team staff. He was then called up to the men's squad in 2000 and played regularly until 2002, while playing in

. His latter stints became occasional and he has not played in any major tournament with the Latvian senior team.

Honours

: 2002, 2003, 2011 *

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: **Runner-up: 2005-06 *

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: **3rd place: 2002-03 *

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: **Final Four: 2000-01 * BBL Cup: 2012 * BBL Challenge Cup: **Runner-up: 2011-12 *

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: 2012

References

External links

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