Aigars Šķēle
 Šķēle with Latvia men's national basketball team in 2023 | |
| No. 21 – Rostock Seawolves | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard / point guard |
| League | Basketball Bundesliga |
| Personal information | |
| Born | December 4, 1992 Riga, Latvia |
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Listed height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Listed weight | 84 kg (185 lb) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2014: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| 2012–2013 | Barons |
| 2013–2014 | Jūrmala/Fēnikss |
| 2014–2015 | VEF Rīga |
| 2015–2016 | Valmiera/ORDO |
| 2016–2018 | Ventspils |
| 2018–2019 | Antibes Sharks |
| 2019–2020 | Kalev/Cramo |
| 2020–2021 | VEF Rīga |
| 2021–2022 | s.Oliver Würzburg |
| 2022–2024 | Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski |
| 2024–present | Rostock Seawolves |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Aigars Šķēle (born December 4, 1992) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Rostock Seawolves of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).
Playing career
[edit]Šķēle spent couple of seasons in Spain, playing for Baloncesto Fuenlabrada youth teams,[1] before returning to his home country in 2012. He played one season for Barons, then joined Jūrmala for the 2013-14 season. Šķēle helped Jūrmala to reach Latvian League semifinals for the first time in club history.
On August 11, 2014, he moved to VEF Rīga.[2]
On January 7, 2015, he was loaned to BK Valmiera[3]
On June 11, 2021, he has signed with s.Oliver Würzburg of the German Basketball Bundesliga.[4]
On August 11, 2022, he has signed with Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).[5] Aigars became the leader of his new team and one of the best players in PLK, re-signing with the team for another season.[6]
On July 9, 2024, he has signed with Rostock Seawolves of the Basketball Bundesliga.[7]
National team career
[edit]Šķēle made his debut with the senior Latvian national team in 2016. He represented Latvia at the EuroBasket 2017, where the team finished 5th overall.
Personal
[edit]His older brother, Armands, is also a professional basketball player.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Competiciones FEB".
- ^ "VEF Riga tabs point guard Skele". 3 October 2024.
- ^ "VEF Riga loans Aigars Skele to BK Valmiera". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- ^ "Vielseitiger Neuzugang aus dem Baltikum". soliver-wuerzburg.de (in German). June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ^ "Skele dołącza do BM Stali". plk.pl (in Polish). August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
- ^ "Numer 21 nadal należeć będzie do Aigarsa Skele!". bmslamstal.pl. 2023-05-10. Archived from the original on 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ "AIGARS ŠĶĒLE UNTERSCHREIBT IN ROSTOCK". seawolves.de (in German). July 9, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
- ^ "Latvia's EuroBasket Core Returns | FIBA Europe".
External links
[edit]- Aigars Šķēle at FIBA (archive)
- Aigars Skele at FIBA Europe
- Aigars Šķēle at VEF Rīga (archived) (in Latvian)
- Aigars Skele at LNB Élite (in French)
- 1992 births
- Living people
- 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
- Basketball players from Riga
- BC Kalev/Cramo players
- BK Barons players
- BK Jūrmala players
- BK Valmiera players
- BK VEF Rīga players
- BK Ventspils players
- Latvian expatriate basketball people in Estonia
- Latvian expatriate basketball people in France
- Latvian expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Latvian men's basketball players
- Olympique Antibes basketball players
- Point guards
- Shooting guards
- Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski players
- Würzburg Baskets players