Raimundas Čivilis

Raimundas Čivilis (24 November 1959 – 27 November 2000) was a former Lithuanian basketball player, known for his career in Žalgiris Kaunas from 1977 till 1988.

Life

Born in Panevėžys in 1959, Čivilis became a member of Žalgiris team in 1977. His prime years, however, were not successful, until Vladas Garastas took the head coach's post in 1979. Garastas immediately took a liking in him and put him in the starting five. He naturally became a leader, even after Arvydas Sabonis came to the team in 1981. In a match in 1986, when Žalgiris was playing against Petrović's Cibona Zagreb, and Sabonis fouled out, Čivilis took over and led his team to defeat Cibona 94:91.

In 1988, he left Žalgiris, and played briefly for a Slovakian basketball club, and retired soon afterwards. In 2000, Čivilis died of tuberculosis.

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