Ronalds Zaķis
| No. 30 – BK Ventspils | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| League | LEBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 8 July 1987 Talsi, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Listed height | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) |
| Listed weight | 110 kg (243 lb) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2009: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2006–present |
| Career history | |
| 2006–2008 | BK Ventspils |
| 2008 | →VEF Rīga (loan) |
| 2008–2014 | BK Ventspils |
| 2014–2015 | VEF Rīga |
| 2015–2016 | Union Olimpija |
| 2016–2020 | BK Ventspils |
| 2020–2021 | Rostock Seawolves |
| 2021–2022 | Viimsi |
| 2022–2023 | Donar Groningen |
| 2023 | Viimsi |
| 2023–present | BK Ventspils |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Ronalds Zaķis (born 8 July 1987) is a Latvian professional basketball player who plays for Ventspils of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League.
Career
[edit]Ronalds Zaķis started his career playing for BK Ventspils. In early 2008, he was loaned to VEF Rīga and after the season he declared for the 2008 NBA draft,[1] however, he pulled out and ultimately was never drafted. For 2008-09 Zaķis returned to Ventspils, winning his first Latvian League championship.
On 22 July 2014 Zaķis signed a contract with VEF Rīga.[2] With VEF he won his third Latvian championship.
On 12 August 2015 Zaķis moved to Slovenian team Union Olimpija for the 2015–16 season.[3]
In August 2016, Zaķis returned to Ventspils.[4]
In August 2020 he signed for the Rostock Seawolves in the German ProA League.[5] In summer 2021 he joined Latvian-Estonian Basketball League debutants KK Viimsi and helped them to reach the Final Four.
On 13 July 2022, he signed a one-year contract with Dutch club Donar of the BNXT League.[6]
International career
[edit]Zaķis was leading scorer of entire 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship with 24.7 ppg.[7] His first appearance for Latvian national team came in 2008, he played in 10 games over his career.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Final Draft Early Entry Candidate List Archived 2018-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ VEF Riga brings back big man Zakis Archived 2014-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Zakis prva letošnja tuja okrepitev! (in Slovene) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Zakis is back at Ventspils
- ^ Player profile and statistics
- ^ a b Sluis, Jurryt van der. "Ronalds Zakis eerste buitenlandse aanwinst". Donar (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ FIBA Europe Profile