Artūras Valeika (born 11 August 1985) is a Lithuanian professional

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player for CBet Jonava of the

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. He is 2 times champion in Romania with

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, and one time SuperCup winner with the ”Red Lions”. Born in

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, Valeika started his career in 2003 playing for Vilnius SSK-Nord/LB Draudimas which was playing in the second Lithuanian league LKAL. He spent four years playing college basketball in the

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, first at

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and then at

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. He averaged 10.2 rebounds per game during his senior season (2007-08), which led the

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. Valeika also played for the U20 Lithuanian National Team in 2005. After he finished his studies, Artūras returned to Europe and joined

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basketball club playing in Germany. However, there he didn't show good performance and after season Valeika headed to Latvia playing for SK Valmiera. After a good season he decided to come back and play in his homeland. However, he wasn't successful to settle in 2010-2011 club and migrated through many clubs. He started the season playing for BC Alytus, however in October he decided to leave that club and joined BC Perlas. This time he played there until January and then returned to SK Valmiera after one season. Still unhappy being there, he joined Spanish club Cáceres 2016, where he finished the 2010–2011 season. In summer 2011, Valeika signed a contract with Lithuanian club

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. After two solid seasons in

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, he signed with

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in the summer of 2014. After a season with Rytas, he was loaned to

BC Lietkabelis BC Lietkabelis (), commonly known as Lietkabelis Panevėžys, also known as 7bet-Lietkabelis for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Panevėžys, Lithuania, participating in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, Lit ...

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Artūras Valeika

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