Aigars Šķēle | |
Position: | Shooting guard / point guard |
Height M: | 1.92 |
Weight Kg: | 84 |
League: | Basketball Bundesliga |
Team: | Rostock Seawolves |
Number: | 21 |
Nationality: | Latvian |
Birth Date: | 4 December 1992 |
Birth Place: | Riga, Latvia |
Draft Year: | 2014 |
Career Start: | 2009 |
Years1: | 2012–2013 |
Team1: | Barons |
Years2: | 2013–2014 |
Team2: | Jūrmala/Fēnikss |
Years3: | 2014–2015 |
Team3: | VEF Rīga |
Years4: | 2015–2016 |
Team4: | Valmiera/ORDO |
Years5: | 2016–2018 |
Team5: | Ventspils |
Years6: | 2018–2019 |
Team6: | Antibes Sharks |
Years7: | 2019–2020 |
Years8: | 2020–2021 |
Team8: | VEF Rīga |
Years9: | 2021–2022 |
Years10: | 2022–2024 |
Team10: | Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski |
Years11: | 2024–present |
Team11: | Rostock Seawolves |
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Aigars Šķēle (born December 4, 1992) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Rostock Seawolves of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).
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]
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.
His older brother, Armands, is also a professional basketball player.[8]