Andrejs Gražulis (born 21 July 1993) is a professional Latvian basketball player for Dolomiti Energia Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).
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Position | Power forward | |||||||||||||
League | LBA | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 (age 29) Koknese, Latvia | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Latvian | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Playing career | 2012–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Ventspils | |||||||||||||
2014 | →Valmiera | |||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Ventspils | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Parma Basket | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | VEF Rīga | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Derthona | |||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Trieste | |||||||||||||
2022–present | Dolomiti Energia Trento | |||||||||||||
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Andrejs Gražulis started playing organized basketball at age of 16. In 2009, Gražulis was discovered as a basketball player during open try-outs held by BK Ventspils during time when he was in high-school and his primary sport was athletics.[1] He joined Ventspils youth academy and later started playing for its main team.
On July 14, 2017, Gražulis signed with Parma Basket of the VTB United League for the 2017–18 season.[2] He spent the 2019-20 season with Derthona where he averaged 16.8 points and 8.3 rebounds in Serie A2. Gražulis signed with Allianz Trieste on June 19, 2020.[3] He averaged 8.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. On July 3, 2021, Gražulis re-signed with the team.[4]
On June 17, 2022, he has signed with Dolomiti Energia Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[5]
In July 2013, Gražulis represented U20 Latvian National Team that won silver in U20 European Championship. Gražulis made key basket at the end of the game to secure Latvia's win over Spain and place in finals.[6]
In the following year he received first call-up to Latvian National Team.[7]
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