Gilvydas Biruta (born 10 October 1991) is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for

CEP Lorient Cercle d'Éducation Physique de Lorient, commonly known as CEP Lorient, is a French basketball club based in Lorient. The team currently plays in the Nationale Masculine 1, the national third tier league. Established in 1934, the team gained its pr ...

of the

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. He plays at the

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position.

Professional career

After graduating

University of Rhode Island The University of Rhode Island (URI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States. It is the flagship public research as well as the land-grant university of the state of Rhode Isla ...

, Biruta was a part of Denver Nuggets during the 2015 NBA Summer League. On 5 August 2015, Biruta signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda. On 24 February 2016, Biruta signed with

Lavrio Laurium or Lavrio ( ell, Λαύριο; grc, Λαύρειον (later ); before early 11th century BC: Θορικός ''Thorikos''; from Middle Ages until 1908: Εργαστήρια ''Ergastiria'') is a town in southeastern part of Attica, Greec ...

of the

Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

. In five games Biruta averaged 3.4 points and 2.2 rebounds. On August 30, 2016, he signed with Aries Trikala. In March 2017, he moved to Assigeco Piacenza of the Serie A2. On 4 July 2017, Biruta signed with

JL Bourg-en-Bresse Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse, commonly known as JL Bourg or simply Bourg, is a basketball club based in Bourg-en-Bresse, France that plays in the Pro A. Their home arena is Ekinox, which has a capacity of 3,548 people. History In 2014, J ...

of the Pro A. Biruta played one game for

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but left the team in January 2019 with an injury. On 5 January 2020, Biruta joined Lietkabelis Panevėžys. He averaged 4.3 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. On 18 September 2020, Biruta signed with

Heroes Den Bosch Heroes Den Bosch is a Dutch professional basketball club based in 's-Hertogenbosch. The club plays in the BNXT League since 2021 and in the top basketball division in the Netherlands since 1972. Founded as EBBC in 1951, the club had several spons ...

of the Dutch Basketball League. He was released on 20 October after the DBL had been suspended due to a national spike in coronavirus infections.

National team career

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. He also been a part of Lithuanian U-18 team twice. First time he won silver medal with the

Donatas Motiejūnas Donatas Motiejūnas (; born September 20, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for AS Monaco Basket of LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. He was drafted 20th overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves before going on ...

' 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.

References

External links

Rhode Island Rams bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Biruta, Gilvydas 1991 births Living people Aries Trikala B.C. players BC Prienai players Dutch Basketball League players Heroes Den Bosch players Lavrio B.C. players Lithuanian men's basketball players Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in the United States Power forwards (basketball) Rhode Island Rams men's basketball players Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball players Sportspeople from Jonava St. Benedict's Preparatory School alumni