Mindaugas Girdžiūnas
Lithuanian basketball player
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Mindaugas Girdžiūnas (born 20 January 1989) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player currently playing for Neptūnas Klaipėda of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroCup.
Mindaugas Girdžiūnas in 2022 | |
| No. 8 – Neptūnas Klaipėda | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard / point guard |
| League | LKL EuroCup |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 9 January 1989 Klaipėda, Lithuania |
| 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 | |
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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.
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.[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]
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance index rating |
| Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | Neptūnas Klaipėda | 10 | 0 | 16.7 | .311 | .111 | 1 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .2 | .0 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| Career | 10 | 0 | 16.7 | .311 | .111 | 1 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .2 | .0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | |
EuroCup
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | Neptūnas Klaipėda | 10 | 4 | 16.3 | .385 | .294 | .889 | .8 | 2.2 | .3 | .1 | 4.3 | 3.2 |
| 2014–15 | 6 | 0 | 17.6 | .500 | .556 | 1 | 1.0 | 2.3 | .3 | .0 | 6.7 | 6.8 | |
| 2015–16 | 12 | 1 | 18.8 | .408 | .306 | .800 | 1.3 | 1.9 | .3 | .2 | 8.1 | 6.7 | |
| 2017–18 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | 8 | 3 | 14.9 | .442 | .375 | .833 | .9 | 1.1 | .3 | .1 | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| 2018–19 | Rytas Vilnius | 17 | 6 | 20.0 | .423 | .478 | .889 | 1.3 | 1.4 | .5 | .0 | 7.4 | 5.4 |
| 2019–20 | 16 | 1 | 14.1 | .435 | .410 | .800 | .7 | 1.3 | .4 | .0 | 5.5 | 3.6 | |
| 2025–26 | Neptūnas Klaipėda | 18 | 1 | 18.9 | .411 | .411 | .946 | 1.3 | 1.1 | .5 | .0 | 8.7 | 7.0 |
| Career | 87 | 16 | 17.5 | .422 | .407 | .874 | 1.1 | 1.5 | .4 | .0 | 6.9 | 5.2 | |