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Vytenis Čižauskas
Vytenis Čižauskas with Lithuania men's national basketball team
No. 31 – BC Tartu
PositionPoint guard
LeagueKorvpalli Meistriliiga
Personal information
Born (1992-09-16) September 16, 1992 (age 31)
Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
NationalityLithuanian
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight177 lb (80 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2007–2008Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school
2009Kaunas Triobet
2009Žalgiris Kaunas
2009–2010Kaunas Aisčiai
2010–2011Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school
2011Kėdainiai Nevėžis
2011–2012Kaunas Baltai
2012–2013→ CB Valladolid
2013–2014Žalgiris Kaunas
2014BC Lietkabelis
2014–2015BK Valmiera
2015–2016Crailsheim Merlins
2016–2017Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas
2017–presentBC Tartu
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Lithuania
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Slovenia Team competition
FIBA World Under-19 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Latvia Team competition
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Lithuania Team competition
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2008 Italy Team competition
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2007 Serbia Team competition

Vytenis Čižauskas (born September 16, 1992[1]) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for BC Tartu of the Korvpalli Meistriliiga. He plays the point guard position.

Career

Čižauskas with CB Valladolid.

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

  1. ^ Vytenis Čižauskas LKL.lt Template:Lt icon
  2. ^ Euroleague profile
  3. ^ BK Valmiera lands Vytenis Cizauskas
  4. ^ Vytenis Čižauskas: "I hope I will get game play time now" Template:Lt icon
  5. ^ Kazlauskas invites Čižauskas to the Lithuania national team camp Template:Lt icon

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