Andrejs Šeļakovs (born November 8, 1988) is a Latvian

basketball player Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

, who plays the center position. He is currently playing for

BK Jūrmala BK Jūrmala is a professional basketball club based in Jūrmala, Latvia. It is currently playing in the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, previously have played in Latvian Basketball League (since 2005) and Baltic Basketball League Bal ...

of the Latvian league.

Pro career

Andrejs Šeļakovs started his pro career in 2006-2007 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 R ...

. Around that time he also was recruited by some major schools from

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, but he opted to stay in Europe. After one season with ASK he moved to VEF Rīga, where he spent four years. For the 2011–12 season he left Latvia for Spain, joining

CB Tarragona Club Bàsquet Tarragona, more commonly referred to today by its sponsorship name of Tarragona Bàsquet 2017, is a professional Basketball team based in Tarragona, Catalonia who currently plays in LEB Plata. Season by season Retired numbers *5 ...

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, Spanish second league. In beginning of 2012–13 season he played for Barons Kvartāls, but after few games he moved back to Spain, signing with

Club Melilla Baloncesto Club Melilla Baloncesto is a professional basketball team based in Melilla that plays in the LEB league. This is the only team in Spain that played all LEB seasons. The team's home arena is the Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz (formerly known a ...

on Christmas 2013. On 25 September 2013, Šeļakovs signed with Ukrainian side

BC Odessa BC Odesa ( uk, баскетбольний клуб "Одеса") is a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Odesa. The club competed in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague (UBSL). Established in 1992, Odesa played in the SuperLeague ...

. In March 2014, Andrejs Šeļakovs signed with

Sigal Prishtina Klubi i Basketbollit Prishtina (English: ''Basketball Club Prishtina''), officially known as Sigal Prishtina due to sponsorship reasons, is a Kosovar professional basketball club based in Pristina. The team currently competes in the IP Superl ...

. The 2017–2018 season was a rollercoaster for Šeļakovs. First he signed with Lithuanian team

BC Dzūkija BC Dzūkija ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Dzūkija) was a basketball club located in Alytus, Lithuania. It was founded in 2012 and participated in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). It was the newest basketball club based in Alytus after BC Alita and ...

, then was released and signed with Betsafe/Liepāja. In January 2018 Šeļakovs signed one-year deal with

Legia Warszawa Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...

, newcomer of the

Polska Liga Koszykówki 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 cro ...

. In February he left the team and signed with Latvian team

Latvian national team

He has represented Latvia national team in

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and

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References

External links

FIBA Europe profile
1988 births Living people ASK Riga players BC Dzūkija players BC Odessa players BK Barons players BK Jūrmala players BK Liepājas Lauvas players BK VEF Rīga players BK Ventspils players CB Tarragona players Centers (basketball) KB Prishtina players Latvian expatriate basketball people in Spain Latvian men's basketball players Legia Warsaw (basketball) players Melilla Baloncesto players People from Dobele {{Latvia-basketball-bio-stub