Akselis Vairogs

Latvian basketball player

Akselis Vairogs
Personal information
Born (1985-11-08) 8 November 1985 (age 38)
Riga, Latvia
NationalityLatvian
Listed height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
Playing career2002–2017
PositionShooting guard
Number33
Coaching career2017–present
Career history
As player:
2002–2005Ventspils Augstskola
2005–2006BK Valmiera
2006–2009Ventspils
2009BK Zemgale
2009–2010Bordeaux
2010–2011Ventspils
2011–2012Śląsk Wrocław
2012–2015Ventspils
2015–2016Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2016–2017Valmiera/ORDO
As coach:
2017–2019BK Ventspils (assistant)
2019–2022Kalev/Cramo (assistant)
2022ERA Nymburk (assistant)
2023Lietkabelis Panevėžys (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • 3× LBL champion (2009, 2014, 2016)
  • BBL champion (2013)

Akselis Vairogs (born 8 November 1985) is a Latvian professional basketball coach and a former player, who played the shooting guard position.

Professional career

Vairogs started his career in Ventspils system playing for its farm-club Ventspils Augstskola. In the 2005-06 season, he was loaned to BK Valmiera where he became the top scorer of the Baltic Basketball League averaging 20.9 points in 31 games.[1]

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.[2]

On 10 August 2015, he signed with Lithuanian club, BC Lietkabelis.

References

  1. ^ "Assist Sport Agency. Agencia, manager representación deportistas, jugadores baloncesto". Assist Sport Agency. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Ventspils re-signs team captain Vairogs". Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup.[dead link]
  • Eurocup Profile[dead link]
  • Akselis Vairogs at LNB Pro B (in French)
  • Akselis Vairogs at FIBA (also at FIBA Archive)


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