Žydrūnas Urbonas
.jpg) Žydrūnas Urbonas with BC Juventus | |||||||||||||
| Juventus Utena | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Assistant coach | ||||||||||||
| League |
Lithuanian Basketball League Basketball Champions League | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born |
4 October 1976 Zarasai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Lithuanian | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6.7 in (2.00 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1993–2012 | ||||||||||||
| Position | Small forward / Power forward | ||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2012–present | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | ||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Lavera Kaunas | ||||||||||||
| 1995–1998 | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | ||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Šilutė | ||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Šiauliai | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | ||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Šiauliai | ||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | AGE Chalkida | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Šiauliai | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Barons Riga | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | AEL Limassol | ||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | Alytus | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Donetsk | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Juventus Utena | ||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||
| 2012–present | Juventus Utena (assistant) | ||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||
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Žydrūnas Urbonas (born October 4, 1976, in Zarasai, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a former Lithuanian professional basketball player.[1]
Playing career
Urbonas made his professional debut in the 1993–94 season and continued to play for various teams in the Lithuanian Basketball League for another eight years. In 2001, he moved to Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Russian Basketball Super League 1, however, after the season he returned to Lithuania and spent the 2002–03 season there before signing with AGE Chalkida of the Greek A2 Basket League for the 2003–04 season, and the again returned to Lithuania for the 2004–05 season. In the 2005–06 season Urbonas signed with Barons Riga of the Latvian Basketball League and then moved to AEL Limassol of the Cyprus Basketball Division A for the 2006–07 season. Urbonas returned to Lithuania in 2007 and played there until autumn 2008 before signing with Donetsk of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague for the 2008–2009 season. He finished his career playing for Juventus Utena from 2009 to 2012.[2]
Coaching career
In 2009, Urbonas became a player-coach and the team's president when he joined Juventus Utena,[3] and then became the assistant coach when he retired in 2012.
National team career
Urbonas won a gold medal with the Lithuanian under-18 national team in 1994 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.[4]
Career statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | Donetsk | 10 | 21.37 | .35 | .25 | .7 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 0.7 | .0 | 7.2 |
References
- ↑ "Žydrūnas Urbonas / Žaidėjai - Basketnews.lt". basketnews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ↑ Buračas, Rokas (21 August 2012). "Baigti karjerą nusprendė ir Urbonas". basketnews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ↑ "Urbonas: „Pirma sezono pusė – dešimtukui“". basketnews.lt (in Lithuanian). 23 December 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ↑ "Lithuania / European Championship for Junior Men (1994)". FIBAEurope.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015.