Latvian basketball player
Rihards Lomažs (born 13 April 1996) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague .
Career
Lomažs started his career in Latvia , playing for Jelgava , Jūrmala and Ventspils . With the latter, he won the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League in 2019, being elected MVP of the Finals. In the summer, he joined the French team ASVEL Basket , playing also in the EuroLeague for two seasons.
After a few months with BG Göttingen in Basketball Bundesliga , in 2021 he joined the Turkish team Merkezefendi . He started the 2022–23 season with Basket Zaragoza , but joined the German club EWE Baskets Oldenburg in November 2022.[ 1]
In 2023 Lomažs returned to Merkezefendi, but on 29 December 2023, he signed with the Italian powerhouse, Virtus Bologna , where he played also in the EuroLeague.[ 2]
Career statistics
EuroLeague
References
Head coach: Banchi
Assistant coaches: Tuovi
Seravalli
Fedrigo
Jakovljević
Cassinerio
Conditioning coach: Panichi