Vytenis Čižauskas

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Vytenis Čižauskas
Tartu Ülikool
2018–2020Akhisar Belediyespor
2020–2021MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
2021Dzūkija Alytus
2021–2022Nevėžis–OPTIBET
2022Boulazac Basket Dordogne
2022-presentCSM Constanța
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Lithuania
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Slovenia U-20 Team
FIBA World Under-19 Championship
Gold medal – first place
2011 Latvia
U-19 Team
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Gold medal – first place
2010 Lithuania
U-18 Team
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2008 Italy
U-16 Team
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. 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]

On January 1, 2022, he has signed with Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro B.[4]

International career

He won five gold medals with Lithuania national teams: European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (U-15) and was named

MVP in 2007,[5] 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.[6]

References

  1. ^ Vytenis Čižauskas LKL.lt (in Lithuanian)
  2. ^ Euroleague profile
  3. ^ BK Valmiera lands Vytenis Cizauskas
  4. ^ "Boulazac lands Vytenis Cizauskas". Sportando. January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  5. ^ Vytenis Čižauskas: "I hope I will get game play time now" (in Lithuanian)
  6. ^ Kazlauskas invites Čižauskas to the Lithuania national team camp (in Lithuanian)

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