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Latvian basketball player

Igors Miglinieks

Guangdong Southern Tigers
Position Assistant coach
League CBA
Personal information
Born (1964-05-04) 4 May 1964 (age 60)Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Latvian
Listed height 6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)
Listed weight 212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1986: undrafted
Playing career 1981–2000
Position Point guard / shooting guard
Number 13
Coaching career 1997, 2000–present–present
Career history
As player:
1981–1985 VEF Rīga
1985–1989 CSKA Moscow
1989–1990 VEF Rīga
1990 Erie Wave
1990–1992 VEF Rīga
1992–1994 Braunschweig
1994–1995 VEF/Ādaži Rīga
1995 CSKA Moscow
1995–1996 LainERS Riga
1996–1997 Olimpas Plungė
1997 Cherno More
1997–1998 Žito Vardar
1998–1999 Blonay Basket
1999 LainERS Riga
1999–2000 ASK/Brocēni/LMT
As coach:
1997 Latvia
2000–2001 BK LMT
2001–2003 Kyiv
2004 Arsenal Tula
2004–2005 Rīga
2005–2007 AEL Limassol
2005 China (assistant)
2007–2009 Latvia (assistant)
2007–2008 Spartak St. Petersburg
2008–2009 Donetsk
2009–2010 Czarni Słupsk
2010–2011 AEK Larnaca
2011–2012 Apollon Limassol
2012–2013 Barons Kvartāls (assistant)
2013–2014 Guangdong Southern Tigers (assistant)
2014 BK Jēkabpils
2014–2015 Guangdong Southern Tigers (assistant)
2015–2016 BK Jēkabpils
2017–2018 Xinjiang Flying Tigers (assistant)
2018–2020 Guangdong Southern Tigers (assistant)
2021–2022 BC Budivelnyk
2022–present Guangdong Southern Tigers (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As a player: FIBA European Selection (1991) USSR League champion (1988) Master of Sports of the USSR (1988) As a head coach:Cypriot League champion (2006, 2007) 2× Cypriot Supercup winner (2005, 2006) As an assistant coach:CBA champion (2019, 2020)
Medals Men's Basketball Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul European Championship for Juniors Gold medal – first place 1982 Bulgaria U-18 Team European Championship for Cadets Gold medal – first place 1981 Greece U-16 Team

Igors Miglinieks (born 4 May 1964) is a retired Soviet and Latvian professional basketball player and coach. He played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Professional career

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Miglinieks was a member of the World Basketball League's Erie Wave in 1990. Miglinieks was also a member of the FIBA European Selection team, in 1991.

National team career

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Miglinieks was a member of the senior Soviet Union national team. With the Soviet Union, he won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics,[1] becoming the first Latvian basketball player to win the gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games.

After he retired from playing professional basketball, Miglinieks had a long coaching career, working as a head coach in numerous teams and leagues.

Miglinieks' brother, Raimonds, was also a professional basketball player.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Igors Miglinieks Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  2. ^ Berkowitz, Steve (February 7, 1996). "College Basketball Notebook". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  3. ^ “BRALIUKAI”: WE WANT TO CREATE LOVE AROUND VEF.