Kaspars Cipruss (born February 2, 1982 in Rezekne, Latvia) is a Latvian basketball player. Currently he has signed a contract with BK Valmiera to play in Latvijas Basketbola līga.[1]
Club career
Kaspars Cipruss started his basketball career in Latvian powerhouse ASK/Brocēni/LMT in 1998. After extinction of the team he had a brief spell in Latvian team BK Gulbenes Buki before moving to Italy, Pallacanestro Trieste. However, he signed a 3-year contract with Slovenian Euroleague team KK Union Olimpija, but was loaned to KD Slovan. Since then he has played professional basketball in Poland, various levels in Spain, United Arab Emirates, Czech Republic, Estonia and Lithuania.[2]
National team
Cipruss started his Latvia national basketball team career with the youngest, U16 team. Few years later, in 1998 he was part of the team which managed to achieve 9th place at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship and semi-final spot in the U19 EuroBasket. Three years later he was also part of the senior team, which reached the quarterfinals of EuroBasket 2001. Later on he has also been in the final tournaments in 2005 and 2007.[3]
Achievements
Individual
References
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Cipruss, Kaspars |
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| Short description |
Basketball player |
| Date of birth |
February 02, 1982 |
| Place of birth |
Rēzeknē, Latvia |
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