Dainius Šalenga
 Dainius Šalenga with BC Lietkabelis jersey | |||||||||||||
| No. 20 – Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||
| League |
Lithuanian Basketball League Baltic Basketball League | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born |
April 15, 1977 Varėna, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Lithuanian | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 187 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1999 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1997–present | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Farmeka Vilnius | ||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Sakalai Vilnius | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | Žalgiris Kaunas | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Akasvayu Girona | ||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Žalgiris Kaunas | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | Rūdupis Prienai | ||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Žalgiris Kaunas | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Budivelnyk Kiev | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | TonyBet Prienai | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Budivelnyk Kiev | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | ||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas | ||||||||||||
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Dainius Šalenga (born 15 April 1977) is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas. He is a small forward known for his three–point shooting abilities and was the captain of Žalgiris Kaunas in Lithuania,[1] but was released on January 2011.[2] Šalenga has also represented Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Olympics in basketball.[3]
Šalenga won the Euroleague Week-6 MVP award on December 3, 2009.[4]
Career statistics
| Legend | |||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season, he also played in domestic competition.
Euroleague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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| 2000–01 | Žalgiris | 6 | 1 | 22.1 | .500 | .400 | .833 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | .2 | 7.3 | 6.7 |
| 2001–02 | Žalgiris | 14 | 10 | 30.2 | .521 | .346 | .810 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | .4 | 11.7 | 11.3 |
| 2002–03 | Žalgiris | 10 | 6 | 27.1 | .615 | .310 | .600 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 | .4 | 8.4 | 7.2 |
| 2003–04 | Žalgiris | 20 | 16 | 27.3 | .577 | .222 | .718 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .2 | 7.9 | 7.6 |
| 2004–05 | Žalgiris | 20 | 19 | 33.5 | .606 | .349 | .706 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 | .3 | 12.0 | 13.1 |
| 2007–08 | Žalgiris | 17 | 2 | 12.4 | .538 | .350 | .625 | 1.9 | .3 | .5 | .1 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 2008–09 | Žalgiris | 10 | 5 | 26.4 | .569 | .239 | .676 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | .2 | 11.4 | 10.5 |
| 2009–10 | Žalgiris | 16 | 16 | 27.3 | .410 | .411 | .757 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | .1 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| 2010–11 | Žalgiris | 10 | 7 | 20.1 | .375 | .267 | .857 | 1.6 | 1.1 | .6 | .1 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
| 2011–12 | Žalgiris | 6 | 4 | 25.1 | .444 | .375 | .1000 | 2.2 | 1.5 | .7 | .2 | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| 2013–14 | Budivelnyk | 7 | 5 | 24.4 | .680 | .333 | .800 | 2.4 | 2.4 | .7 | .1 | 8.0 | 10.6 |
References
- ↑ Kauno „Žalgiris“ nutraukė kontraktą su D. Šalenga (Lithuanian)
- ↑ 2011-01-18 Nutraukiamas kontraktas su D.Šalenga (Lithuanian)
- ↑ Dainius Šalenga at sports-reference.com
- ↑ Salenga Euroleague Week 6 MVP at TalkBasket
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