Mindaugas Girdžiūnas
{{short description|Lithuanian basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| image = Mindaugas Girdziunas by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg
| caption = Mindaugas Girdžiūnas in 2022
| position = Shooting guard / point guard
| number = 8
| height_m = 1.88
| weight_kg = 86
| league = Lithuanian Basketball League
| team = Neptūnas Klaipėda
| nationality = Lithuanian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|1|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
| college =
| draft_year = 2011
| career_start = 2009
| career_end =
| years1 = 2009–2012
| team1 = Neptūnas Klaipėda
| years2 = 2012–2013
| team2 = Nevėžis Kėdainiai
| years3 = 2013–2017
| team3 = Neptūnas Klaipėda
| years4 = 2017–2022
| team4 = Lietuvos rytas Vilnius / Rytas Vilnius
| years5 = 2022-present
| team5 = Neptūnas Klaipėda
| highlights =
- Lithuanian League champion (2022)
- King Mindaugas Cup winner (2019)
}}
Mindaugas Girdžiūnas (born 20 January 1989) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player currently playing for Neptūnas Klaipėda.
Professional career
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.
File:Mindaugas Girdžiūnas with the Rytas Vilnius during Game 5 of the 2022 LKL Finals.jpg during the 2022 LKL Finals]]
International career
Following the solid season, in 2015 Girdžiūnas was included into the Lithuania men's national basketball team head coach Jonas Kazlauskas extended candidates list.{{cite web|title=Paviešintas Lietuvos rinktinės kandidatų sąrašas|url=http://www.delfi.lt/sportas/krepsinis/paviesintas-lietuvos-rinktines-kandidatu-sarasas.d?id=67883256|website=Delfi.lt|accessdate=5 May 2015}} Though, he was not invited into the training camp later on.{{cite web|title=J. Kazlausko sprendimas: paaiškėjo, kurie krepšininkai ruošis Europos čempionatui|url=http://www.delfi.lt/sportas/krepsinis/j-kazlausko-sprendimas-paaiskejo-kurie-krepsininkai-ruosis-europos-cempionatui.d?id=68440712|website=Delfi.lt|accessdate=9 July 2015}} Otherwise happened in 2016, when he was invited into the national team training camp for the first time.{{cite web|title=J. Kazlauskas apsisprendė: rinktinės sąrašas – be L. Lekavičiaus, bet su naujais veidais|url=http://www.delfi.lt/krepsinis/naujienos/j-kazlauskas-apsisprende-rinktines-sarasas-be-l-lekaviciaus-bet-su-naujais-veidais.d?id=71488626|website=Krepsinis.lt|accessdate=8 June 2016}} He was released from the team on July 14.{{cite web|title=J. Kazlausko sprendimas: rinktinę palieka M. Girdžiūnas ir D. Gailius|url=http://www.delfi.lt/krepsinis/herojai/j-kazlausko-sprendimas-rinktine-palieka-m-girdziunas-ir-d-gailius.d?id=71811470|website=Krepsinis.lt|accessdate=14 July 2016}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120218151819/http://www.lkl.lt/en/player/mindaugas-girdziunas/ Mindaugas Girdžiūnas]. Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga (Lithuanian Basketball League). Accessed 2011-09-06.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Girdziunas, Mindaugas}}
Category:Lithuanian men's basketball players