Vītols spent the previous season and a half in the “Ventspils” team, the principal opponent of “VEF Rīga”.
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Last season, Vītols scored an average of 6.4 points in 20 Latvian-Estonian Basketball League games, gave 3.3 assists and won 2.1 rebounds. In the FIBA European Cup, the 28-year-old defender scored an average of 7.2 points in ten dues, made 2.7 assists and won 1.5 balls under the baskets.
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Before joining Ventspils, Vītols had gone to Ukraine as a legionnaire, where he played for the Odessa team. Prior to that, the student of Valmiera Basketball School was one of the leaders of “Ogre” for three seasons, but even before that he was in the teams of “Valmiera” and “University of Latvia”.
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Vītols has been a member of the Latvian U-20 and U-19 national teams, participated in European and world championships. He has also played one match in the Latvian men’s national team.
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Meanwhile, Vītols’ peer Helmanis in the Latvian-Estonian league last season scored an average of 8.0 points and won 5.3 rebounds, but in the FIBA Champions League he averaged 4.8 points and 2.8 balls under baskets in four fights.
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Last summer, he joined the Spartak ranks in St. Petersburg, but did not play in the Russian Super League. At the beginning of this year, he returned to the “VEF Rīga” team, which he previously represented from 2016 to 2018.
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He has also represented the Liepaja team in the Latvian Championship, but spent the 2018/2019 season in Ukraine, representing the Odessa team.
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It has already been reported that the first addition to “VEF Rīga” in this off-season is the defender of the Latvian national team Aigars Šķēle.
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Last season, the people of Riga were declared the winners of the Latvian championship, but in the FIBA Champions League, “vefiņš” suffered 13 losses after one victory and did not qualify for the elimination tournament. The Riga club will also play in the Champions League next season.
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