Akselis Vairogs (born 8 November 1985) is a Latvian professional

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coach and a former player, who played the

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position.

Professional career

Vairogs started his career in

Ventspils Ventspils () is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population of 33,906. It is situated on the Venta River and ...

system playing for its farm-club Ventspils Augstskola. In the 2005-06 season, he was loaned to

BK Valmiera BK Valmiera, named Valmiera Ordo for sponsorship reasons, was a professional basketball club based in Valmiera, Latvia which played in the Latvian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League. Since 2018 the club is on hiatus. In the 2015-201 ...

where he became the top scorer of the Baltic Basketball League averaging 20.9 points in 31 games. He has spent most of his career playing for Ventspils, but Vairogs also played for Slask Wroclaw in Poland, and Zemgale Jelgava in Latvia and JSA Bordeaux Basket in France. On 8 August 2014, he re-signed a contract with Ventspils. On 10 August 2015, he signed with Lithuanian club,

BC Lietkabelis BC Lietkabelis (), commonly known as Lietkabelis Panevėžys, also known as 7bet-Lietkabelis for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Panevėžys, Lithuania, participating in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, Lit ...

References

External links

Eurocup Profile

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