Mārtiņš Laksa
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| No. 25 – Tauron GTK Gliwice | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | Polish Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 26 June 1990 Riga, Latvia |
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Listed height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Listed weight | 92 kg (203 lb) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| 2009–2011 | VEF Rīga |
| 2011–2014 | Ventspils |
| 2014–2015 | Jūrmala |
| 2015–2017 | Valmiera |
| 2017–2019 | Obradoiro |
| 2019–2021 | Start Lublin |
| 2021 | Estudiantes |
| 2021–2022 | Alba Fehérvár |
| 2022 | Gießen 46ers |
| 2022–2023 | CBet Jonava |
| 2023–present | GTK Gliwice |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Mārtiņš Laksa (born 26 June 1990)[1] is a professional Latvian basketball player for GTK Gliwice of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).
Professional career
[edit]Laksa started his career with ASK Rīga junior squad. In August 2009 Laksa tried out for Spanish club Bilbao Basket.[2] Starting from 2009-2010 season Laksa played for VEF Rīga, where he spent three years. After playing in Riga Laksa made a move to BK Ventspils. He also played for the Spanish club Monbus Obradoiro in Liga ACB. In August 2021, Laksa signed with Alba Fehérvár of the Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A.[3] He averaged 12.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game. On January 22, 2022, Laksa signed with Gießen 46ers of the Basketball Bundesliga.[4]
On August 4, 2023, he signed with GTK Gliwice of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).[5]
International career
[edit]Laksa has represented the Latvian national youth team and Latvian men's national team in several competitions.
Personal life
[edit]Mārtiņš Laksa is son of former Latvian NT player Jānis Laksa.
References
[edit]- ^ "BBL profile". Bbl.net. Archived from the original on March 7, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
- ^ "Uz Spāniju dosies arī Mārtiņš Laksa". 25 August 2009.
- ^ "Az Alba Fehérvárban folytatja Martins Laksa". FEOL (in Hungarian). August 16, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ Schmidt-Scheuber, Miles; Poerschke, Daniel (January 22, 2022). "Martins Laksa (ex Alba) agreed terms with Giessen". Eurobasket. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ "Martins Laksa nowym zawodnikiem GTK Gliwice". gtk.gliwice.pl (in Polish). August 4, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- BK Jūrmala players
- BK Valmiera players
- BK VEF Rīga players
- BK Ventspils players
- GTK Gliwice players
- Latvian expatriate basketball people in Poland
- Latvian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Latvian men's basketball players
- Liga ACB players
- Obradoiro CAB players
- Shooting guards
- Start Lublin players
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