Edgaras Ulanovas (born January 7, 1992) is a Lithuanian professional

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player for Žalgiris Kaunas of the

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(LKL) and the EuroLeague. He primarily plays at the

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position.

Professional career

On 25 April 2014, Ulanovas was named the Co-

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, along with

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. In 2017, he was named the MVP of the 2017 King Mindaugas Cup, and also the MVP of the 2017 LKL Finals. In 2019, Ulanovas was named the

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for a second time in his career. In 2020, Ulanovas was named MVP of the 2020 King Mindaugas Cup. On 9 July 2020, Ulanovas transferred to the Turkish EuroLeague powerhouse Fenerbahçe, after a full decade with Žalgiris. During his first game as a member of the new team in the EuroLeague, Ulanovas was one of the team leaders by scoring 13 points, and helped his team to achieve a 77–63 season opening victory versus the

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. On 15 June 2021, Ulanovas officially parted ways with the Turkish club. On 2 July 2021, Ulanovas returned to Žalgiris Kaunas, signing a one-year deal. On 10 April 2022, he re-signed with the club until the end of the 2023–24 season. On 26 September 2022, Ulanovas was named team captain of Žalgiris Kaunas. On July 5, 2023, he renewed his contract through 2027.

National team career

Lithuanian junior national team

Ulanovas represented Lithuania's junior national teams at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the

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, the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, and the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, winning four gold medals. In the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, he was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Lithuanian senior national team

In 2015, Ulanovas was included into the senior Lithuanian national team's extended candidates list, by the team's

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. However, he was not invited into the team's training camp later on. Still, he was invited into the national team's training camp the next year, and he immediately qualified into the Olympic roster. However, he was replaced on the roster by Vaidas Kariniauskas, just before the start of the tournament, due to injury. Following year, Ulanovas played with the team at the

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, averaging 7.2 points.

Personal life

In 26 June 2021 Ulanovas bought 15% shares of basketball website "Basketnews.com" and became part-owner.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=6, Žalgiris Kaunas , 24 , , 12 , , 19.2 , , .465 , , .323 , , .757 , , 2.5 , , 1.2 , , .6 , , .0 , , 5.5 , , 5.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , 24 , , 24 , , 26.8 , , .372 , , .342 , , .875 , , 4.5 , , 2.0 , , .7 , , .2 , , 6.3 , , 9.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , 30 , , 16 , , 24.4 , , .510 , , .381 , , .877 , , 3.3 , , 1.5 , , .3 , , .3 , , 7.7 , , 9.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , 35 , , 31 , , 27.1 , , .503 , , .457 , , .787 , , 4.1 , , 2.1 , , .5 , , .4 , , 7.5 , , 10.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , 34 , , 24 , , 24.9 , , .439 , , .354 , , .840 , , 3.4 , , 1.4 , , .6 , , .2 , , 7.2 , , 8.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , 28 , , 28 , , 25.4 , , .427 , , .368 , , .813 , , 3.3 , , 2.0 , , .4 , , .1 , , 8.3 , , 8.9 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, style="text-align:left;", Fenerbahçe , 28 , , 28 , , 19.1 , , .471 , , .400 , , .722 , , 1.6 , , 1.4 , , .3 , , .0 , , 4.5 , , 4.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , style="text-align:left;"rowspan=2, Žalgiris Kaunas , 32 , , 24 , , 27.4 , , .441 , , .347 , , .789 , , 4.3 , , 2.0 , , .8 , , .2 , , 8.1 , , 10.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

, 37 , , 37 , , 28.1 , , .449 , , .395 , , .835 , , 3.3 , , 2.5 , , .9 , , .1 , , 10.2 , , 11.7 , - class="sortbottom" , colspan=2 align=center , Career , 272 , , 224 , , 25.0 , , .450 , , .375 , , .821 , , 3.4 , , 1.8 , , .6 , , .2 , , 7.4 , , 9.2

References

External links

Edgaras Ulanovas
at eurobasket.com
Edgaras Ulanovas
at euroleaguebasketball.net

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