Mindaugas Girdžiūnas

Mindaugas Girdžiūnas (born 20 January 1989) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player currently playing for Neptūnas in Lithuanian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League.

Mindaugas Girdžiūnas
Mindaugas Girdžiūnas shooting free throws in 2015
No. 18 – Rytas Vilnius
PositionPoint guard
LeagueLithuanian Basketball League
BCL
Personal information
Born (1989-01-09) 9 January 1989
Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityLithuanian
Listed height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight86 kg (190 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2011 / Undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2012Neptūnas Klaipėda
2012–2013Nevėžis Kėdainiai
2013–2017Neptūnas Klaipėda
2017–presentLietuvos rytas Vilnius / Rytas Vilnius
Career highlights and awards

Mindaugas joined Neptūnas in 2009, after showing good performance in Lithuanian third strongest basketball league - Regional Basketball League playing for Klaipėdos Tekoda. In 2011 January player was loaned to Klaipėdos Nafta-Universitetas which plays in NKL.

International career

Following the solid season, in 2015 Girdžiūnas was included into the Lithuania men's national basketball team head coach Jonas Kazlauskas extended candidates list.[1] Though, he was not invited into the training camp later on.[2] Otherwise happened in 2016, when he was invited into the national team training camp for the first time.[3] He was released from the team on July 14.[4]

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References
  1. "Paviešintas Lietuvos rinktinės kandidatų sąrašas". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  2. "J. Kazlausko sprendimas: paaiškėjo, kurie krepšininkai ruošis Europos čempionatui". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. "J. Kazlauskas apsisprendė: rinktinės sąrašas – be L. Lekavičiaus, bet su naujais veidais". Krepsinis.lt. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  4. "J. Kazlausko sprendimas: rinktinę palieka M. Girdžiūnas ir D. Gailius". Krepsinis.lt. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
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