Gilvydas Biruta
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| 2020 | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Heroes Den Bosch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | CBet Prienai | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021-present | CEP Lorient | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Gilvydas Biruta (born 10 October 1991) is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for
Professional career
After graduating University of Rhode Island, Biruta was a part of Denver Nuggets during the 2015 NBA Summer League.[2]
On 5 August 2015, Biruta signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda.[3]
On 24 February 2016, Biruta signed with
On 4 July 2017, Biruta signed with
Biruta played one game for
National team career
Biruta led the Lithuanian U-16 National Team to the bronze medals in the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship by averaging 14.6 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.3 blocks.[11] He also been a part of Lithuanian U-18 team twice. First time he won silver medal with the Donatas Motiejūnas' led U-18 National Team. During his second appearance, Lithuanians finished fourth. Though, the successful youth national team years ended painfully when the U-20 team he represented suffered an fiasco, finishing only 14th in the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.
References
- ^ "Gilvydas Biruta Player Profile". Basketball.RealGM.com. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ^ "#30 Gilvydas Biruta (2015 Summer League Player Profile)". NBA.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ^ ""Neptūną" sustiprins iš NCAA grįžtantis Biruta". BasketNews.lt. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ^ A1Basket.gr Lavrio signed Gilvydas Biruta
- ^ A1Basket.gr Trikala sign Gilvydas Biruta
- ^ "Gastroles po Europą tęsiantis G.Biruta keliasi į Prancūzijos aukščiausiąją lygą". krepsinis.net (in Lithuanian). July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ^ "Gilvydas Biruta signe pour un an !". JL Bourg Basket (in French). July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ^ Griksas, Irmantis (January 5, 2020). "Injury-Recovered Gilvydas Biruta is a newcomer at Lietkabelis". Eurobasket. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Gilvydas Biruta signs with Heroes Den Bosch". Sportando. September 18, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ Martens, Jan (2020-10-20). "Coronastop leidt tot vertrek van Biruta en Aranitović bij Heroes Den Bosch". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ "Gilvydas Biruta / U16 European Championship Men (2007)". FIBAEurope.com. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
External links
- Rhode Island Rams bio Archived 2016-10-19 at the Wayback Machine