Ingus Jakovičs (born April 18, 1993) is a Latvian professional basketball guard who last played for CSP Limoges of the LNB Pro A. He is also a member of the Latvian national basketball team.
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Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1993-04-18) April 18, 1993 (age 29) Madona, Latvia | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Latvian | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Playing career | 2009–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | BK Gulbenes Buki | |||||||||||||
2010–2011 | BAA Rīga | |||||||||||||
2011–2014 | BK Liepājas Lauvas | |||||||||||||
2014–2016 | VEF Rīga | |||||||||||||
2016 | Nizhny Novgorod | |||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Ventspils | |||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Varese | |||||||||||||
2021 | Budivelnyk | |||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Valmiera Glass ViA | |||||||||||||
2022 | CSP Limoges | |||||||||||||
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Jakovičs started playing basketball for BK Gulbenes Buki in Latvian Basketball League 2nd division. In 2010, he spent a season with BAA Riga, which was a youth team that played in LBL D2. Year later he moved to BK Liepājas Lauvas where he played until end of the 2013 when his contract was bought out by VEF Rīga.
On January 3, 2014, he signed with VEF Rīga until the end of 2015–16 season.[1]
On August 5, 2019, he has signed with Pallacanestro Varese of the Lega Basket Serie A.[2]
At the end of February 2021, Jakovičs received a more appealing offer from Budivelnyk and, on February 25, 2021, he signed and moved to Kyiv.[3] On November 30, 2021, Jakovičs signed with Valmiera Glass ViA of the LEBL.[4]
On February 1, 2022, he has signed with CSP Limoges of the LNB Pro A.[5]
In July 2013, Jakovičs helped the Latvian U20 team to reach the U20 European Championship finals. During this tournament he averaged 13.6 points, 3.5 assists and 2.5 rebounds.[6] On July 14, 2014, he made his debut for the senior Latvian National Team in a win over Estonia.