Mindaugas Žukauskas (born 24 August 1975 in

Šiauliai Šiauliai ( ; ) is a city in northern Lithuania, the List of cities in Lithuania, country's fourth largest city and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, sixth largest city in the Baltic States, with a population of 112 581 in 202 ...

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) is a retired Lithuanian professional

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player, a former captain of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He is a

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2.01 m tall. Žukauskas is currently a manager for

BC Šiauliai BC Šiauliai () is the professional basketball club of Šiauliai, Lithuania. The club competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League. It has won the 3rd place award (behind Lithuanian basketball giants BC Lietuvos Rytas, Lietuvos Rytas and BC Žalgi ...

Career statistics

Euroleague

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Montepaschi Siena Mens Sana Basketball Siena, also known as simply Mens Sana, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Siena. It is a section of the sports club Polisportiva Mens Sana, founded in 1871. Under the name Montepaschi Siena, derived from spon ...

, 22 , , 19 , , 23.4 , , .500 , , .519 , , .955 , , 1.7 , , 1.2 , , 1.0 , , .2 , , 6.5 , , 4.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2003–04 , style="text-align:left;", Montepaschi Siena , 22 , , 10 , , 20.1 , , .457 , , .417 , , .846 , , 1.8 , , 1.4 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 5.2 , , 4.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2004–05 , style="text-align:left;", Montepaschi Siena , 20 , , 12 , , 17.3 , , .543 , , .472 , , .722 , , 2.3 , , 1.3 , , 1.1 , , .1 , , 5.1 , , 5.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2005–06 , style="text-align:left;", Montepaschi Siena , 13 , , 3 , , 16.0 , , .692 , , .360 , , .882 , , 2.7 , , 1.0 , , 1.2 , , .0 , , 4.6 , , 6.8

Awards and achievements

*Olympic Bronze medalist -

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

* LKL champion - 1998, 1999 *European Cup Winner - 1998 *NEBL champion - 1999 *

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champion - 1999 *Slovenian champion - 2001 *European champion -

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

*Euroleague 3rd place - 2003, 2004 *Italian

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champion - 2004 His former teams include Lithuanian Žalgiris Kaunas, Italian

and Scavolini Pesaro, and Slovenian

KK Union Olimpija Košarkarski klub Olimpija () was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They have played in two differen ...

References

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