Tauras Jogėla
Lithuanian basketball player (born 1993)
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Tauras Jogėla (born 2 May 1993) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Šiauliai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroCup. Jogėla can play either forward position, although he's more accustomed to playing power forward.
| No. 22 – Šiauliai | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward / small forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | LKL EuroCup | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 1993 Tauragė, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2015: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2008–2014 | Žalgiris Kaunas | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2012 | →Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | → Lietkabelis Panevėžys | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | → Nevėžis Kedainiai | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Pieno žvaigdžės Pasvalys | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | CSU Pitești | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | BK Barons | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Wilki Morskie Szczecin | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Soproni KC | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | BC Vienna | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Labas Gas Prienai | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | CBet Jonava | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Šiauliai | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–2026 | Górnik Wałbrzych | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Šiauliai | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
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Medals
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Early career
He won the Lithuanian Student Basketball League (MKL) Slam Dunk Contest in 2011.[1]
Professional career
On 21 November 2019, Jogėla signed with Soproni KC of the Hungarian League.[2] Jogėla averaged 14 points and 4.5 rebounds per game for Soproni KC during the 2019–20 season. He re-signed with the team on 26 July 2020.[3]
On 19 August 2023, Jogėla signed with CBet Jonava of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).[4]
On 18 July 2024, Jogėla signed with San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) as the team's import for the 2024 PBA Governors' Cup.,[5] but he was replaced by Jordan Adams before the start of the conference.[6]
On 16 August 2024, Jogėla signed with Šiauliai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).[7]
On 14 July 2025, Jogėla signed with Górnik Wałbrzych of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).[8]
On 18 June 2026, Jogėla once again signed with Šiauliai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroCup.[9]
International career
Jogėla won a silver medal with Lithuania national basketball team at the 2009 Europe U-16 championship and was named the championship MVP.[10]
