Igors Miglinieks (original) (raw)
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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: 2× Cypriot League champion (2006, 2007) 2× Cypriot Supercup winner (2005, 2006) As an assistant coach: 2× CBA champion (2019, 2020) | |
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games  1988 Seoul European Championship for Juniors 1982 Bulgaria U-18 Team European Championship for Cadets 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]
- ^ "Igors Miglinieks Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ^ Berkowitz, Steve (February 7, 1996). "College Basketball Notebook". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
- ^ “BRALIUKAI”: WE WANT TO CREATE LOVE AROUND VEF.