Žanis Peiners (born 1 August 1990) is a Latvian professional

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player. He is 2.05 m (6 ft in) tall shooting guard-

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Professional career

In 2009, he started pro career with VEF Rīga. After that season, he went to

Latvijas Universitāte University of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Universitāte, shortened ''LU'') is a state-run university located in Riga, Latvia established in 1919. The ''QS World University Rankings'' places the university between 801st and 1000th globally, sevent ...

, where he played the next three seasons. Peiners helped his team, which consisted of semi-professional student-athletes, to reach the LBL playoffs twice. He was scoring the champion of the LBL in 2013, averaging 21.1 points per game. In 2013, Žanis graduated from LU, and attracted the attention of multiple clubs from abroad. He had strong interest from

KK Union Olimpija Košarkarski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They ...

, but ultimately decided to sign with MBC Mykolaiv. He finished the season in the Ukrainian SuperLeague, as the league's second best scorer (16.1 points per game). On 17 September 2014 he joined the defending Latvian League champions,

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. On 20 July 2016 Peiners signed with the Greek club

PAOK Thessaloniki PAOK ( el, ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans' ...

. In June 2018, Peiners signed with Darüşşafaka of the

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(BSL) and EuroLeague. In July 2019, Peiners signed with

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of the

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and EuroCup.

Latvian national team

Peiners has also been a member of the senior men's Latvian national basketball team. With Latvia's senior national team, he played at the

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and

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Career statistics

EuroLeague

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References

External links

FIBA Europe ProfileEurobasket.com ProfileGreek Basket League Profile

Greek Basket League Profile

Latvian League Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peiners, Zanis 1990 births Living people ABA League players BC Lietkabelis players BK VEF Rīga players BK Ventspils players Darüşşafaka Basketbol players Latvian expatriate basketball people in Greece KK Partizan players Latvian expatriate basketball people in Ukraine Latvian expatriate basketball people in Serbia Latvian men's basketball players MBC Mykolaiv players P.A.O.K. BC players People from Rēzekne Point guards Shooting guards Small forwards