Ronaldas Rutkauskas (born 3 March 1992) is a Lithuanian professional
basketball
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player. Born in Kaunas, he started his professional career in Sweden with
08 Stockholm. Rutkauskas received the
BBL Best Rebounder Award in 2015 while playing for
Pärnu
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and was the leading scorer of the
Belarus Premier League in 2012.
Rutkauskas has represented
Lithuania
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at junior levels.
Professional career
Born in
Kaunas
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in 1992, Rutkauskas started playing basketball at a very young age in the basketball academies of
Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Romas Sabonis (; born December 19, 1964) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and businessman. Recognized as one of the best European players of all time, he won the Euroscar six times and the Mr. Europa Award twice. He p ...
. His professional started career in 2009 with
Swedish
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team
08 Stockholm, before joining Belarusian team
Tsmoki-Minsk in 2011. Rutkauskas while playing for Tsmoki-Minsk II in the
Belarus Premier League, led the league in scoring for the 2011–12 season with 19.6
points and had the second-best record with 9.4 rebounds per game in 30 games,
also setting the season-high for scoring in a game as he scored 38 points against
Rubon Vitebsk.
He improved his numbers the next season to 21.5 points and 10.2 rebounds per game, before in January 2013 he agreed terms with
Swedish
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team
Stockholm Eagles. Rutkauskas joined
Cypriot
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club
ETHA Engomis
ETHA Engomis (in Greek: Ε.Θ.Α. Έγκωμης ), is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in Engomi, Cyprus. The club competes in the Cypriot League.
History
The club was founded in 1942, but didn't win its first trophy until 2011. ETH ...
in September 2013, before moving to Spain to play for
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team
Ourense
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.
Rutkauskas joined
Pärnu
Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet ...
for the
2014–15 season, scoring 8 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in his debut against
TU/Rock. He was named
BBL's Most Valuable Player for December, while he also received the
BBL Best Rebounder Award at the end of the season. In October 2015, he signed for
Jēkabpils
Jēkabpils (; german: Jakobstadt; pl, Jakubów) is a state city in Jēkabpils Municipality in southeastern Latvia roughly halfway between Riga and Daugavpils and spanning the Daugava River. Historic Jēkabpils lies on the left bank, in Selonia ...
in
Latvia
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. While at Jēkabpils he was named
BBL's Most Valuable Player for January 2016, by averaging 15.5 points, 11 rebounds, and 1.3 steals, earning the honor for the second time in his career. In July 2016, Rutkauskas agreed a contract with
Greek A2 team
Iraklis Thessaloniki
Gymnasticos Syllogos Iraklis ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Ηρακλής, en, Gymnastics Club Heracles), commonly referred to as Iraklis, is a Greek multi-sports club based in Thessaloniki. The club was founded in 1908 as "Mace ...
. He finished his season with 11.4 points and 7 rebounds per game, appearing in all but one regular season games.
In July 2021, Rutkauskas signed with reigning
Icelandic champions Þór Þorlákshöfn
Ungmennafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Þorlákshöfn, is a multi-sport club in Þorlákshöfn, Iceland. It has active departments in athletics, badminton, basketball, motorcycle sports and track & field but has also featured various othe ...
. On 2 October 2021, he had 23 points and 12 rebounds in Þór's 113–100 win against
Njarðvík
Njarðvík () is a town in southwestern Iceland, on the peninsula of Reykjanes. As of 2009, its population was 4,400.
History
In 1995 it merged with the town of Keflavík and the village of Hafnir to form the new municipality of Reykjanesbær. T ...
in the
Icelandic Super Cup.
Professional career statistics
Baltic Basketball League
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Pärnu
Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet ...
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2015–16
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BK Jēkabpils
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International career
Rutkauskas was in the preselection squad of
Lithuania under-19 for the
2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. He scored 5 points in a friendly game against
LKKA Atletas, before being cut off the tournament's final squad. He was also in the preselection of
Lithuania under-20 for the
2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.
References
External links
BBLprofile
profile
REAL GMprofile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rutkauskas, Ronaldas
1992 births
Living people
CEP Lorient players
Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players
KK Pärnu players
Koroivos B.C. players
Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Estonia
Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Iceland
Lithuanian men's basketball players
Power forwards (basketball)
Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players
Þór Þorlákshöfn (basketball club) players
08 Stockholm Human Rights players