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词条 Kaspars Bērziņš
释义

  1. Professional career

  2. Latvian national team

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Kaspars Bērziņš
| image = Bērziņš.JPG
| position = Power forward / Center
| height_ft = 7
| height_in = 0
| weight_lbs = 225
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|8|25}}
| birth_place = Ogre, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
| nationality = Latvian
| league = LBL
| team = BK Ogre
| number = 14
| draft_year = 2007
| career_start = 2003
| years1 = 2003–2004
| team1 = BK Skonto
| years2 = 2004–2005
| team2 = CB Málaga
| years3 = 2005–2006
| team3 = ASK Riga
| years4 = 2006–2009
| team4 = Barons LMT
| years5 = 2009–2010
| team5 = Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
| years6 = 2010
| team6 = Cáceres
| years7 = 2010–2014
| team7 = VEF Rīga
| years8 = 2014
| team8 = Río Natura Monbús
| years9 = 2014–2015
| team9 = Krasnye Krylia
| years10 = 2015–2016
| team10 = Nizhny Novgorod
| years11 = 2016
| team11 = Zenit Saint Petersburg
| years12 = 2016–2017
| team12 = Ogre/Kumho Tyre
| years13 = 2017
| team13 = Lokomotiv Kuban
| years14 = 2017–2018
| team14 = VEF Rīga
| years15 = 2018–present
| team15 = BK Ogre
| highlights =
  • FIBA EuroCup winner (2008)
  • 4× Latvian League champion (2008, 2011–2013)

}}

Kaspars Bērziņš (born August 25, 1985[1]) is a Latvian professional basketball player for VEF Rīga of the VTB United League. He also represented the Latvian national basketball team.

Professional career

Kaspars started playing basketball in his hometown Ogre. Later he played for Skonto Riga, debuting in 2002-2003 season. His role increased in 2003-2004, when he averaged 7.3 points and 3.3 rebounds for Skonto in the LBL and 7.3 points and 3.0 rebounds in the FIBA Europe League, now known as the FIBA EuroCup. In both of those seasons Bērziņš played together with Andris Biedriņš. In 2004 both of them left Skonto. Biedriņš was drafted in the NBA by Golden State Warriors, while Bērziņš moved to Spain where he joined Unicaja Málaga. He briefly played for Unicaja's first team, where he competed in one game in the ACB league, scoring two points, but most of the season spent with the junior team in the EBA, Spain's second division.

For the 2004-2005 season Bērziņš moved back to Latvia, playing big role for Skonto. Averaged 13.0 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 21.3 minutes in the LBL and 14.8 points and 8.3 rebounds in four EuroCup Challenge games. After Skonto disappeared Bērziņš moved to ASK Rīga, where he played in 2005-2006 season. In the following off-season Bērziņš signed with Barons LMT, where he played next three seasons and won his first Latvian league title in 2008. During that season Bērziņš won in FIBA EuroCup as well. 2008-2009 was best season with Barons, when he was team's top inside presence for most of the season, averaging 14.0 points, 8.rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 28 games of domestic competition.[2]

In July 2009 Bērziņš participated in NBA Summer League, playing for Phoenix Suns.[3] After playing for Phoenix in Summer League Bērziņš signed contract with Spain's ACB League club Fuenlabrada.[4] Later he also played for Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto, but in July 2010 signed two-year contract with VEF Rīga.[5] He re-signed with VEF Rīga for three more years in 2012.[6]

In February 2014, he comes back to Spain and signed with Río Natura Monbús for the rest of the 2013–14 ACB season.[7]

On August 21, 2014, he signed with Russian club Krasnye Krylia for the 2014–15 season.[8] On June 16, 2015, he signed with Nizhny Novgorod.[9] In January 2016, he left Nizhny and signed with Zenit Saint Petersburg for the rest of the season.[10] The 2016–17 season Bērziņš started with Latvian club Ogre/Kumho Tyre but in January 2017, he returned to Russia and signed with Lokomotiv Kuban for the rest of the season.[11]

Latvian national team

He averaged 16.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 1.1 blocks for Latvia at the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Kaspars has been regular member of Latvian National Team.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/draft2007/profiles/KasparsBerzins.html |title=Kaspars Berzins Draft 2007 Profile |publisher=NBA.com |accessdate=2010-04-19}}
2. ^Player profile at basket.lv
3. ^Phoenix Suns Summer League roster 2009
4. ^baloncestofuenlabrada.com
5. ^VEF RIGA tabs Kaspars Berzins
6. ^VEF RIGA re-signs Berzins through 2015
7. ^Río Natura Monbús adds Kaspars Berzins {{es}}
8. ^Kaspars Berzins and Scottie Reynolds sign with Krasnye Krylya Samara
9. ^Kaspars Berzins moves to Nizhny Novgorod
10. ^Kaspars Berzins signing with Zenit St. Petersburg
11. ^Lokomotiv Kuban signs Kaspars Berzins

External links

  • ACB league profile
  • EuroCup profile
{{BK Barons 2007–08 FIBA EuroCup champions}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Berzins, Kaspars}}

16 : 1985 births|Living people|Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players|BC Krasnye Krylia players|BC Nizhny Novgorod players|BC Zenit Saint Petersburg players|PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban players|BK VEF Rīga players|Centers (basketball)|Latvian men's basketball players|Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Spain|Expatriate basketball people in Spain|Liga ACB players|Obradoiro CAB players|People from Ogre, Latvia|Power forwards (basketball)

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