Mindaugas Girdžiūnas (born 20 January 1989) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player currently playing for Neptūnas Klaipėda.
 Mindaugas Girdžiūnas in 2022 | |
| No. 8 – Neptūnas Klaipėda | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / point guard |
| League | Lithuanian Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 9 January 1989 Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Lithuanian |
| Listed height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Listed weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2011: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| 2009–2012 | Neptūnas Klaipėda |
| 2012–2013 | Nevėžis Kėdainiai |
| 2013–2017 | Neptūnas Klaipėda |
| 2017–2022 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius / Rytas Vilnius |
| 2022-present | Neptūnas Klaipėda |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Professional career edit
Girdžiūnas joined Neptūnas in 2009, after showing good performance in Lithuanian third strongest basketball league - Regional Basketball League playing for Klaipėdos Tekoda. In 2011 January, he was loaned to Klaipėdos Nafta-Universitetas which plays in NKL.
International career edit
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]
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "J. Kazlausko sprendimas: rinktinę palieka M. Girdžiūnas ir D. Gailius". Krepsinis.lt. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- Mindaugas Girdžiūnas. Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga (Lithuanian Basketball League). Accessed 2011-09-06.