Andrius Giedraitis (born July 23, 1973) is a Lithuanian former professional

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player and

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Professional career

Giedraitis started his career in the LPA Vilnius team, and he later moved to

BC Sakalai BC Sakalai was a professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania, playing in the Lithuanian Basketball League and the Baltic Basketball League. They played their home games at the 1,000-seat Ekinstos laisvalaikio centras. Sakalai mean ...

. In 1998, he became a member of

BC Lietuvos Rytas Rytas Vilnius is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The club was founded in 1997 from another club, Statyba, and has become one of the most successful Lithuanian basketball clubs. Rytas have won two EuroCup Ba ...

. He was one of the leaders of that team. In 2001, he moved to

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. During the 2002–03 season, he played with

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław, Śląsk Wrocław () or simply Śląsk, is a Polish football club based in Wrocław that plays in Ekstraklasa, the highest level of the Polish fo ...

, where he became one of the team's leaders (avergaing 11.6 points per game). In 2003, he signed a contract with

, however, due to an injury, he did not play. In 2004, he moved to BSG Basket Ludwigsburg, where he also immediately became one of the team's leaders. In 2005, he played with BC Dynamo Moscow Region. In 2007, he moved to Grupo Capitol Valladolid.

Coaching career

On August 12, 2010, Giedraitis became an assistant

for Sakalai.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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, 14 , , 13 , , 27.2 , , .521 , , .529 , , .884 , , 3.5 , , 1.6 , , 1.1 , , .2 , , 13.6 , , 16.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2002–03 , style="text-align:left;",

, 14 , , 8 , , 25.2 , , .618 , , .552 , , .825 , , 2.4 , , 1.8 , , .9 , , .0 , , 13.1 , , 14.3

References

External links

Eurobasket.com Profile
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