Žydrūnas Urbonas

Žydrūnas Urbonas

Žydrūnas Urbonas with BC Juventus
Retired
Position Small forward
Personal information
Born (1976-10-04) October 4, 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
Career highlights and awards
  • LKL Regular Season MVP (2001)
  • LKL All-Star (2001, 2003)

Žydrūnas Urbonas (born October 4, 1976 in Zarasai, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a former Lithuanian professional basketball player[1] who last played in the LKL for BC Juventus.

Žydrūnas Urbonas started his professional career in BC Panevezys (Lithuania) in the season 1993-94. During eight years played in his national championship. After this he moved to Russia, where he played for BC Metallurg (Magnitogorsk). Season 2005-06 he spent in Riga, Latvia playing for BC Barons and after this moved to Cyprus where became a member of Proteas EKA AEL (Limassol). He also played for BC Alytus and BC Šiauliai, and was part of BC Donetsk. He finished his career in BC Juventus.

During his career he became 5 times a prize winner of Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga. In 2005 he won bronze at the Baltic League with Lithuanian club BC Šiauliai.

International career

Urbonas won gold medal with the Lithuanian U-18 National Team in 1994 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.[2]

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
Correct as of 28.01.2009
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 BC Donetsk 10 21.37 .35 .25 .7 4.5 1.00 0.7 .0 7.2

References

  1. Profile on bc.donetsk.ua (Ukrainian)
  2. "Lithuania / European Championship for Junior Men (1994)". FIBAEurope.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
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