Vytenis Čižauskas
Vytenis Čižauskas (born September 16, 1992[1]) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Akhisar Belediyespor of the Turkish Basketball League. He plays the point guard position.
Career
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From an early age, Čižauskas played for the Žalgiris youth team. In his second season, he led the team in points and assists; as a consequence, he was promoted to Kaunas Triobet of BBL.
In March 2009, he was moved to Žalgiris' main roster; however, the young point guard saw limited playing time in the LKL. After leaving Žalgiris, Čižauskas played for various local Lithuanian team until joining CB Valladolid of Liga ACB on loan from Žalgiris. He averaged a mediocre 2.6 points per game and 0.8 assists per game coming off the bench.[2]
In September 2013, he returned to Žalgiris and debuted in the Euroleague tournament. On December 9, 2014 he signed with Latvian team BK Valmiera.[3]
International career
He won five gold medals with Lithuania national teams: European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (U-15) and was named MVP in 2007,[4] Europe U-16 in 2008, Europe U-18 in 2010, World U-19 in 2011 and Europe U-20 in 2012. He was a candidate for Lithuania national basketball team, which participated in EuroBasket 2013.[5]
References
- ^ Vytenis Čižauskas LKL.lt (in Lithuanian)
- ^ Euroleague profile
- ^ BK Valmiera lands Vytenis Cizauskas
- ^ Vytenis Čižauskas: "I hope I will get game play time now" (in Lithuanian)
- ^ Kazlauskas invites Čižauskas to the Lithuania national team camp (in Lithuanian)
External links
- 1992 births
- Living people
- BC Lietkabelis players
- BC Nevėžis players
- BC Prienai players
- BC Žalgiris players
- BC Žalgiris-2 players
- BK Valmiera players
- CB Valladolid players
- Crailsheim Merlins players
- Korvpalli Meistriliiga players
- Liga ACB players
- Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Estonia
- Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- Lithuanian men's basketball players
- LSU-Atletas basketball players
- People from Kaišiadorys
- Point guards
- Tartu Ülikool/Rock players
- Lithuanian basketball biography stubs