Aigars Šķēle

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Aigars Šķēle
No. 21 – Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
PositionShooting guard / point guard
LeaguePLK
Personal information
Born (1992-12-04) December 4, 1992 (age 31)
Riga, Latvia
NationalityLatvian
Listed height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight84 kg (185 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2012–2013Barons
2013–2014Jūrmala/Fēnikss
2014–2015VEF Rīga
2015–2016Valmiera/ORDO
2016–2018Ventspils
2018–2019Antibes Sharks
2019–2020Kalev/Cramo
2020–2021VEF Rīga
2021–2022s.Oliver Würzburg
2022–presentStal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Career highlights and awards

Aigars Šķēle (born December 4, 1992) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).

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]

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.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Competiciones FEB".
  2. ^ "VEF Riga tabs point guard Skele".
  3. ^ "VEF Riga loans Aigars Skele to BK Valmiera". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
  4. ^ "Vielseitiger Neuzugang aus dem Baltikum". soliver-wuerzburg.de (in German). June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "Skele dołącza do BM Stali". plk.pl (in Polish). August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ "Latvia's EuroBasket Core Returns | FIBA Europe".

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