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

Akselis Vairogs

Nymburk
Position	Assistant coach
League	NBL Champions League
Personal information
Born	(1985-11-08) November 8, 1985 (age 36) Riga, Latvia
Nationality	Latvian
Listed height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
Playing career	2002–2017
Position	Shooting guard
Number	33
Coaching career	2017–present
Career history
As player:
2002–2005	Ventspils Augstskola
2005–2006	BK Valmiera
2006–2009	Ventspils
2009	BK Zemgale
2009–2010	Bordeaux
2010–2011	Ventspils
2011–2012	Śląsk Wrocław
2012–2015	Ventspils
2015–2016	Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2016–2017	Valmiera/ORDO
As coach:
2017–2019	BK Ventspils (assistant)
2019–2022	Kalev/Cramo (assistant)
2022–present	ERA Nymburk (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
3× LBL champion (2009, 2014, 2016) BBL champion (2013)

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 August 8, 2014, he re-signed a contract with Ventspils.[2]

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

References

External links

• Eurocup Profile

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