Mindaugas Girdžiūnas (born 20 January 1989) is a Lithuanian professional

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player currently playing for Neptūnas Klaipėda.

Professional career

Girdžiūnas joined Neptūnas in 2009, after showing good performance in

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n third strongest basketball league - Regional Basketball League playing for Klaipėdos Tekoda. In 2011 January, he was loaned to Klaipėdos Nafta-Universitetas which plays in

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International career

Following the solid season, in 2015 Girdžiūnas was included into the

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head coach

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extended candidates list. Though, he was not invited into the training camp later on. Otherwise happened in 2016, when he was invited into the national team training camp for the first time. He was released from the team on July 14.

References

Mindaugas Girdžiūnas

Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL) (''English'': Lithuanian Basketball League), also known as Betsafe LKL for sponsorship reasons, is the premier professional men's club basketball league in Lithuania. It is composed of 12 teams, and it is a member o ...

(Lithuanian Basketball League). Accessed 2011-09-06. {{DEFAULTSORT:Girdziunas, Mindaugas 1989 births Living people BC Neptūnas players BC Nevėžis players BC Rytas players Lithuanian men's basketball players Point guards