Martynas Sajus (born 22 February 1996) is a Lithuanian professional

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player for Río Breogán of the

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Professional career

On 9 July 2014, Sajus signed a five-year (3+2) contract with Žalgiris Kaunas and started to play for the club's reserve team in the

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. In his first season, he averaged 5.4 points per game and 3.9 rebounds per game. In December 2015, because of injuries in the Žalgiris main team, he was registered for a LKL match against

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and made a debut by scoring 2 points. On 29 December 2015, he made his EuroLeague debut against

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playing only 4 seconds. On August 11, 2016, Sajus was loaned to Polpharma Starogard Gdański for the 2016–17 season. After a successful season in Poland, he was brought back by Žalgiris on August 12, 2017. He again split his time between Žalgiris and its reserve team. On July 3, 2018, Sajus parted ways with the team and signed with

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of the Polish PLK. On June 6, 2020, Sajus joined Baxi Manresa of the

on a one-year deal. On June 25, 2021, Sajus signed with

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of the

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. On July 31, 2022, he signed with

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of the

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(BSL). On 17 July 2023, Sajus signed a one-year deal with Río Breogán of the

National team career

Sajus 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

Martynas Sajus
at euroleague.net

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sajus, Martynas 1996 births Living people Basketball players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Bàsquet Manresa players BC Žalgiris players BC Žalgiris-2 players Büyükçekmece Basketbol players CB Breogán players Centers (basketball) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Lithuania Liga ACB players Lithuanian men's basketball players Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Germany Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Poland Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Spain Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Turkey Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medi Bayreuth players SKS Starogard Gdański players Universiade medalists in basketball Wilki Morskie Szczecin players Youth Olympic gold medalists for Lithuania People from Kelmė