Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota

basketball player

Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1983

Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia

Profession: basketball player

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Anete Jekabsone-Žogota (born August 12, 1983 in Riga) is a Latvian basketball player who plays for UMMC Ekaterinburg and formally for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury.
She is a daughter of former VEF Riga star player Andris Jekabsons. Jekabsone-Žogota played for Dynamo Moscow.
She joined the club in 2006-07 season after Ainars Zvirgzinš was named head coach of the team.
Before that she played for USO Mondeville and CJM Bourges Basket, both which are teams from France. In 2007, Jekabsone-Žogota played for the Latvia women's national basketball team in EuroBasket Women 2007.
It was her second finals, where Jekabsone-Žogota was the second-leading scorer behind Belgium's Ann Wauters with 17.2 points per game.
She was also named to the EuroBasket Women 2007 all-tournament team. At the 2008 Olympics she was fourth in scoring with 15.8 points and also was second with 4.0 assists per game. In 2009, Jekabsone-Žogota was signed as a free agent by the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association.
She joined the team at the end of June and played in her first game on July 2 at Indiana.