Žanis Peiners (born 1 August 1990) is a Latvian professional basketball player. He is 2.05 m (6 ft in) tallZaznis Peiners height 2.05m. shooting guard-small forward.
Professional career In 2009, he started pro career with VEF Rīga."VEF Rīga" papildina sastāvu ar Peineru . After that season, he went to Latvijas Universitāte, where he played the next three seasons. Peiners helped his team, which consisted of semi-professional student-athletes, to reach the LBL playoffs twice. He was scoring the champion of the LBL in 2013, averaging 21.1 points per game.Statistika Līderis: Punkti .
In 2013, Žanis graduated from LU, and attracted the attention of multiple clubs from abroad. He had strong interest from KK Union Olimpija, but ultimately decided to sign with MBC Mykolaiv.Peiners: "Esmu izdarījis pareizo izvēli" . He finished the season in the Ukrainian SuperLeague, as the league's second best scorer (16.1 points per game).Peiners uz pārbaudes laiku pievienojies Krievijas Superlīgas čempionei "Avtodor" .
On 17 September 2014 he joined the defending Latvian League champions, Ventspils.BK Ventspils adds Zanis Peiners. On 20 July 2016 Peiners signed with the Greek club PAOK Thessaloniki.
In June 2018, Peiners signed with Darüşşafaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and EuroLeague.
In July 2019, Peiners signed with Partizan of the ABA League and EuroCup.
Latvian national team Peiners has also been a member of the senior men's Latvian national basketball team. With Latvia's senior national team, he played at the EuroBasket 2015 and EuroBasket 2017.
Career statistics
EuroLeague
| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19 | style="text-align:left;"| Darüşşafaka | 28 || 14 || 17.3 || .539 || .300 || .864 || 1.9 || 1.5 || .4 || .2 || 6.7 || 7.9 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 28 || 14 || 17.3 || .539 || .300 || .864 || 1.9 || 1.5 || .4 || .2 || 6.7 || 7.9
References
External links FIBA Europe profile FIBA Game Center profile FIBA Archive profile Eurobasket.com profile Greek Basket League profile Greek Basket League profile Latvian League profile