CEP Lorient | |
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Position | Power forward |
League | Nationale Masculine 1 |
Personal information | |
Born | Jonava, Lithuania | 10 October 1991
Nationality | Lithuanian |
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Listed weight | 236 lb (107 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Saint Benedict's (Newark, New Jersey) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2015: undrafted |
Playing career | 2015–present |
Career history | |
2015–2016 | Neptūnas Klaipėda |
2016 | Lavrio |
2016–2017 | Aries Trikala |
2017 | Assigeco Piacenza |
2017–2018 | JL Bourg |
2019 | Cherkaski Mavpy |
2020 | Lietkabelis Panevėžys |
2020 | Heroes Den Bosch |
2020–2021 | CBet Prienai |
2021-present | CEP Lorient |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals |
Gilvydas Biruta (born 10 October 1991) is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for CEP Lorient of the Nationale Masculine 1. He plays at the power forward position. [1]
After graduating University of Rhode Island, Biruta was a part of Denver Nuggets during the 2015 NBA Summer League. [2]
On 5 August 2015, Biruta signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda. [3]
On 24 February 2016, Biruta signed with Lavrio of the Greek Basket League. [4] In five games Biruta averaged 3.4 points and 2.2 rebounds. On August 30, 2016, he signed with Aries Trikala. [5] In March 2017, he moved to Assigeco Piacenza of the Serie A2. [6]
On 4 July 2017, Biruta signed with JL Bourg-en-Bresse of the Pro A. [7]
Biruta played one game for Cherkaski Mavpy but left the team in January 2019 with an injury. On 5 January 2020, Biruta joined Lietkabelis Panevėžys. [8] He averaged 4.3 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. On 18 September 2020, Biruta signed with Heroes Den Bosch of the Dutch Basketball League. [9] He was released on 20 October after the DBL had been suspended due to a national spike in coronavirus infections. [10]
Biruta led the Lithuanian U-16 National Team to the bronze medals in the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship by averaging 14.6 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.3 blocks. [11] He also been a part of Lithuanian U-18 team twice. First time he won silver medal with the Donatas Motiejūnas' led U-18 National Team. During his second appearance, Lithuanians finished fourth. Though, the successful youth national team years ended painfully when the U-20 team he represented suffered an fiasco, finishing only 14th in the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.
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