Vidas Ginevičius (born May 11, 1978) is a 1.93 m (6'4") in height, 93 kg (205 pound) in weight, Lithuanian professional

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born in

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Pro career

His career started in 1999, when he started to play for Statyba (

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). In the 2000–2001 season he played for Zalgiris, but he moved during the season to Neptūnas. In 2001, he came back to Žalgiris, who loaned him for the 2003 season to

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. In March 2004, he left the team due to the clubs' financial problems and he came back to Žalgiris, but only for Lithuanian League games. He has played in 19 games in the EuroLeague, during the

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season.

Lithuanian national team

In 2004, he represented the colors and country of Lithuania, when he played for the

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at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament.Olympic results
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Career statistics

Euroleague

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Lietuvos Rytas ''Lietuvos rytas'' (lit. 'Morning of Lithuania') is a Lithuanian daily newspaper. History and profile "Lietuvos rytas" was established in 1990 on a basis of newspaper "Komjaunimo tiesa". The paper is printed in Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also ...

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Awards and achievements

* Lithuanian League (LKL) Champion – 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010 *

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Champion – 2005 *Lithuanian LKL Domestic Player of the Year – 2001 *Lithuanian LKL Most Improved Player – 2001 *Lithuanian LKL

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– 2002, 2005

References

1978 births Living people Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Kaunas BC Lietkabelis players BC Neptūnas players BC Nevėžis players BC Rytas players BC Spartak Primorye players BC Tsmoki-Minsk players BC Žalgiris players Lithuanian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Lithuania Point guards {{Lithuania-basketball-bio-stub