Jānis Bērziņš who in childhood was raised in Latvian most northern town Rūjiena started his professional career in 2009 with BK Valmiera. He played there for two seasons until he joined VEF Rīga, signing a multiyear contract. After his first season with VEF he was loaned back to Valmiera. Bērziņš had very successful 2012–2013 campaign. First he played major role for Valmiera, that won Latvian League bronze medals, which was followed by invitation to participate in Adidas Eurocamp, which was held in Treviso, Italy.
In August 2013, after an impressive showing with Latvian team in U20 European Championship, Bērziņš signed an extension with VEF Rīga.[1] He also had contract offer from Spanish powerhouse Barcelona,[2] but instead chose Riga as best place for his development.
On 14 January 2022 Berzins moved to Larisa of the Greek Basket League. In 25 league games, he averaged 5.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1 assist, playing around 18 minutes per contest.
Jānis has played for Latvian U16, U18 and U20 National Team as well as Senior National Team. In July 2013, Bērziņš was big part of Latvia's historic run at U20 European Championship in Tallinn, Estonia, which was highlighted by making finals, while Jānis was named to All-Tournament team.[6]
jānis, bērziņš, basketball, jānis, bērziņš, born, 1993, latvian, professional, basketball, player, last, played, legia, warszawa, polish, basketball, league, standing, plays, small, forward, position, jānis, bērziņšfree, agentpositionsmall, forwardpersonal, in. Janis Berzins born 4 May 1993 is a Latvian professional basketball player who last played for Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League Standing at 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in he plays at the small forward position Janis BerzinsFree AgentPositionSmall forwardPersonal informationBorn 1993 05 04 4 May 1993 age 30 Limbazi LatviaNationalityLatvianListed height6 ft 7 in 2 01 m Listed weight212 lb 96 kg Career informationNBA draft2015 undraftedPlaying career2009 presentCareer history2009 2011BK Valmiera2011 2012VEF Riga2012 2013 BK Valmiera2013 2016VEF Riga2016 2017Orlandina Basket2018 2020Ventspils2020 2021Stelmet Zielona Gora2021 2022Baxi Manresa2022Larisa2022 2023Legia WarsawCareer highlights and awards2 LBL champion 2012 2015 Polish Cup winner 2021 Polish Supercup winner 2020 Medals Men s BasketballRepresenting LatviaFIBA Europe Under 20 Championship2013 Estonia National Team Contents 1 Professional career 2 Latvian National Team 3 References 4 External linksProfessional career editJanis Berzins who in childhood was raised in Latvian most northern town Rujiena started his professional career in 2009 with BK Valmiera He played there for two seasons until he joined VEF Riga signing a multiyear contract After his first season with VEF he was loaned back to Valmiera Berzins had very successful 2012 2013 campaign First he played major role for Valmiera that won Latvian League bronze medals which was followed by invitation to participate in Adidas Eurocamp which was held in Treviso Italy In August 2013 after an impressive showing with Latvian team in U20 European Championship Berzins signed an extension with VEF Riga 1 He also had contract offer from Spanish powerhouse Barcelona 2 but instead chose Riga as best place for his development On 2 July 2020 he signed with Stelmet Zielona Gora of the Polish League 3 On 16 July 2021 he signed with Baxi Manresa of the Spanish Liga ACB 4 On 14 January 2022 Berzins moved to Larisa of the Greek Basket League In 25 league games he averaged 5 7 points 3 4 rebounds and 1 assist playing around 18 minutes per contest On 14 July 2022 he signed with Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League 5 Latvian National Team editJanis has played for Latvian U16 U18 and U20 National Team as well as Senior National Team In July 2013 Berzins was big part of Latvia s historic run at U20 European Championship in Tallinn Estonia which was highlighted by making finals while Janis was named to All Tournament team 6 References edit Euroleague net Gigantes es Lupo Nicola July 2 2020 Janis Berzins signs with Stelmet Zielona Gora Sportando Retrieved July 2 2020 Maggi Alessandro July 16 2021 Janis Berzins signs with Baxi Manresa Sportando Retrieved August 3 2021 Janis Berzins nowym koszykarzem legii warszawa legiakosz com in Polish July 14 2022 Retrieved August 14 2022 FIBA EuropeExternal links editEurobasket Profile nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Latvian basketball figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Janis Berzins basketball amp oldid 1176713074, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
