Ronaldas Rutkauskas (born 3 March 1992) is a Lithuanian professional

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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 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 ...

and was the leading scorer of the Belarus Premier League in 2012. Rutkauskas has represented

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

at junior levels.

Professional career

Born in

Kaunas Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...

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

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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

team Stockholm Eagles. Rutkauskas joined

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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

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. Rutkauskas joined

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 ...

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

. 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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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

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