Donatas Tarolis (born March 30, 1994) is a Lithuanian professional

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player for

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of the Romanian Liga Națională. Standing at , he plays as a

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. Tarolis is a native of

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Professional career

Tarolis started his career in his hometown club BC Gargždai-Bremena, which played in the Lithuanian second-tier National Basketball League (NKL). For the 2013–2014 season, he moved to Žalgiris-2 Kaunas, the reserve team of Žalgiris Kaunas. After averaging 16.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, Tarolis received the NKL Most Valuable Player award. In the following year, he joined the senior Žalgiris Kaunas squad. In 18

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games, he averaged 4.2 points and 2.3 rebounds. On 9 October 2015, Tarolis signed with

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of the

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. On 8 September 2016, Tarolis signed a three-year contract with Lietkabelis Panevėžys of

(LKL). On 9 August 2019, Tarolis signed with

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of the Romanian Liga Națională. He averaged 12.4 points per game during the 2019-20 season with Cluj. On July 2, 2020, he re-signed with the team. On 3 August 2021, Tarolis signed with Afyon Belediye of the Turkish

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(BSL). Tarolis averaged 10.4 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game. On 8 December 2021, Tarolis signed with Budućnost VOLI of the

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and the EuroCup. On 30 July 2022, Tarolis signed with

of the Liga Națională.

National team career

Tarolis won gold medal with the Lithuanian team during the

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after defeating the

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' team 74–85 in the final.

References

External links

Donatas Tarolis
at realgm.com
Donatas Tarolis
at lkl.lt {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarolis, Donatas 1994 births Living people Afyonkarahisar Belediyespor players BC Lietkabelis players BC Žalgiris players BC Žalgiris-2 players CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (men's basketball) players CSM Oradea (basketball) players KK Budućnost players Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Austria Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Romania Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Turkey Lithuanian men's basketball players Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Power forwards (basketball) Traiskirchen Lions players FISU World University Games gold medalists for Lithuania Universiade medalists in basketball People from Gargždai