Vaidas Kariniauskas
Juventus Utena | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
League | Lithuanian Basketball League | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Alytus, Lithuania | 16 November 1993||||||||||||||
Nationality | Lithuanian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2015: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2009–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2009–2015 | Žalgiris | ||||||||||||||
2009–2013 | →Žalgiris-2 | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | →Lietkabelis | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Kymis | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Cantù | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | U BT Cluj-Napoca | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Oradea | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Lietkabelis | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Kymis | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Igokea | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | ||||||||||||||
2020–present | Juventus Utena | ||||||||||||||
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Vaidas Kariniauskas (born 16 November 1993) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays for Juventus Utena of the Lithuanian Basketball League. He plays point guard position.
Career
National team
Kariniauskas was an active participant of youth competitions and won a silver medal at the 2009 European U-16 Championship. In 2015 ,he 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] He was invited into the training camp the following year.[3] Firstly, Kariniauskas did not qualify into the Olympic roster, but later on he replaced Edgaras Ulanovas due to injury.[4]
Other teams
He won the NKL bronze in 2012 and 2013 with BC Žalgiris-2.[5] On 19 November 2013, he was loaned to BC Lietkabelis in order to get more playable time.[6] After his loan spell, he rejoined Žalgiris for the 2014–15 season, winning the LKL league and the LKF Cup.[7]
On 19 June 2015 he joined Kymis signing a 1+1 year deal.[8]
On 18 August 2016 he signed with Italian club Pallacanestro Cantù.[9] On 1 February 2017 he parted ways with Cantù.[10] The same day, he signed with Romanian club U BT Cluj-Napoca.[11]
References
- ^ "Paviešintas Lietuvos rinktinės kandidatų sąrašas". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ "J. Kazlausko sprendimas: paaiškėjo, kurie krepšininkai ruošis Europos čempionatui". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "J. Kazlauskas apsisprendė: rinktinės sąrašas – be L. Lekavičiaus, bet su naujais veidais". Krepsinis.lt. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ Miklovas, Jonas. "Olimpinėse žaidynėse debiutuosiantis Vaidas Kariniauskas: "Vykau su mintimi, kad turiu šansą patekti"". BasketNews.lt. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ "Zalgiris guard Vaidas Kariniauskas loaned to Lietkabelis". Sportando.com. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Zalgiris Kaunas brings back Edgaras Ulanovas and Vaidas Kariniauskas". Sportando.com. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Kariniauskas signs Kimi deal!". SDNA.gr. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ Pallacanestro Cantù signs Vaidas Kariniauskas
- ^ Cantù parts ways with Vaidas Kariniauskas
- ^ Vaidas Kariniauskas inks with U-BT Cluj-Napoca
External links
- Vaidas Kariniauskas at euroleague.net
- Vaidas Kariniauskas at fiba.com
- 1993 births
- Living people
- ABA League players
- Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- BC Lietkabelis players
- BC Žalgiris players
- BC Žalgiris-2 players
- CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (men's basketball) players
- CSM Oradea (basketball) players
- Expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Expatriate basketball people in Greece
- Expatriate basketball people in Romania
- KK Igokea players
- Kymis B.C. players
- Lega Basket Serie A players
- Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Lithuanian men's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players of Lithuania
- Pallacanestro Cantù players
- Point guards
- Shooting guards
- Sportspeople from Alytus
- Lithuanian basketball biography stubs