Raimonds Miglinieks

Raimonds Miglinieks

Personal information
Born	July 16, 1970 Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR (now Latvia)
Nationality	Latvian
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
College	Riverside CC (1992–1994) UC Irvine (1994–1996)
NBA draft	1996 / Undrafted
Playing career	1996–2003
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	2005–present
Career history
As player:
1988–1992	VEF Rīga
1996–1997	ASK/Brocēni/LMT
1997–1999	Śląsk Wrocław
1999–2000	WTK Anwil Włocławek
2000–2001	Śląsk Wrocław
2001–2002	PBC CSKA Moscow
2002–2003	Idea Śląsk Wrocław
As coach:
2005	BK Riga
Career highlights and awards
As player: LBL Champion (1996) 3× PLK Champion (1998, 1999, 2001)

Raimonds Miglinieks (born July 16, 1970, in Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a retired Latvian professional basketball player.

Career

Standing at 1.88 m, he was a point guard with excellent court vision, which allowed him to lead the 2001 Euroleague in assists with 7 per game.

He has played in the Euroleague for Śląsk Wrocław and CSKA. Miglinieks also played college basketball in the United States at the University of California, Irvine. He was the Big West Conference men's basketball player of the year in 1996.^[1]

Miglinieks was a regular member of the Latvian national basketball team and part of the squad that finished 8th in the 2001 Eurobasket.

References

1. Men's Basketball: All-Big West Selections. icirvinesports.com. Retrieved on September 6, 2009.

External links

• Fibaeurope.com Profile