Akselis Vairogs

Akselis Vairogs
BK Ventspils
Position Assistant coach
League LBL
Personal information
Born (1985-11-08) November 8, 1985
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–present BK Ventspils (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • LBL champion (2009, 2014, 2016)
  • BBL champion (2013)

Akselis Vairogs (born November 8, 1985) is a Latvian professional basketball player, who plays the shooting guard position. He is currently playing for Valmiera/ORDO.

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.

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