Background
His father is a former Soviet basketball star, Valdis Valters, and his younger brother, Kristaps Valters, also plays professional basketball.
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Sandis Valters
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Next season he also started in Germany, playing for team from Wuerzburg, but later in 2005 moved to Ukrainie, where he finished season with British Columbia Azovmash.
Career
In 2001, after Brocēni disappeared, Valters moved to their successor BK Skonto, where he spent two seasons. In 2003, Sandis signed with Germany"s team TBB Trier, where he had great season. Foreign 2005-2006 season Valters had offers from Greece, Israel and Russia, but he opted to return to the Riga, where he signed lucrative contract with then up and coming team ASK Group (a software company) Rīgeorgia
Valters also served as the captain of team
His best season with ASK Group (a software company) was in 2006-2007 as he led his squad to Latvian league title, while Valters was named finals most valuable player. During that season Valters was selected in every tournament"s All-Star game (LBL, BBL and International Basketball Federation EuroCup) that his club participated in.
In July 2008 Lithuanian powerhouse British Columbia Lietuvos Rytas wanted to sign Valters, but ASK Group (a software company) didn"t let him go. In early 2009 Valters had to leave ASK Group (a software company) as club went through financial problems, so he signed for the remainder of season with Italian team from Imola.
Injury during Eurobasket 2009 preparation game with Latvian national team forced Valters to miss the first half of the 2009-2010 season.
In January 2010 he signed with VEF Rīga, where he played for next two and a half seasons, winning two Latvian league championships. In one of those finals Valters was named as most valuable player. On 19 September 2012, Valters signed two-year contract with BK Ventspils.
One of his best games with national team was in 2005 against Spain when he erupted for 28 points, hitting six three pointers, including buzzer beating three pointer at the end of regulation.
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Membership
He is member of Latvia national basketball team Valters was a regular member of the Latvia national basketball team and has played in two EuroBasket (2005 and 2007) tournaments.
