Akselis Vairogs

Akselis Vairogs (born 8 November 1985) is a Latvian professional basketball coach and a former player, who played the shooting guard position.

Akselis Vairogs

Personal information
Born	(1985-11-08) 8 November 1985 (age 39) 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 a 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 a coach:
2017–2019	BK Ventspils (assistant)
2019–2022	Kalev/Cramo (assistant)
2022	ERA Nymburk (assistant)
2023	Lietkabelis Panevėžys (assistant)
Career highlights
3× LBL champion (2009, 2014, 2016) BBL champion (2013)

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 8 August 2014, he re-signed a contract with Ventspils.^[2]

On 10 August 2015, he signed with Lithuanian club, BC Lietkabelis.