Aigars Šķēle

Latvian basketball player

Aigars Šķēle

Šķēle with Latvia men's national basketball team in 2023

Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Position| Shooting guard / point guard
League| PLK
Personal information
Born|  (1992-12-04) December 4, 1992 (age 32)
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
2024–2025| Rostock Seawolves
2025–present| Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Career highlights and awards

* All-PLK Team (2024)
* ENBL winner (2023)
* Polish Supercup winner (2022)
* Estonia/Latvia League All Star (2018)
* 3× LBL champion (2016, 2018, 2021)

Aigars Šķēle (born December 4, 1992) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). 6 stycznia 2025 Aigars ponownie został zawodnikiem Tasomix Rosiek Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski.

## Playing career

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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]

On January 6, 2025, he has signed with Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League (PLK) for a second stint.[8]

## National team career

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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

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His older brother, Armands, is also a professional basketball player.[9]

## References

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1. ^ "Competiciones FEB".
2. ^ "VEF Riga tabs point guard Skele". 3 October 2024.
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. ^ "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.
7. ^ "AIGARS ŠĶĒLE UNTERSCHREIBT IN ROSTOCK". seawolves.de (in German). July 9, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
8. ^ "Aigars Skele returns to Ostrów!". plk.pl. January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
9. ^ "Latvia's EuroBasket Core Returns | FIBA Europe".

## External links

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* 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)

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BM Slam Ostrów Wielkopolski current roster

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* 1 Rolon
* 2 Smektała
* 3 Juškevičius
* 5 Ratkowski
* 6 Zębski
* 8 Wojcik
* 9 Vene
* 11 Lambrecht
* 14 Egner
* 23 Rutecki
* 24 Brembly
* 41 Parzeński
* 77 Kulig
* Šķēle

* Head coach: Urban
* Assistant coaches: Kaźmierczyk

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