Marius Runkauskas

Marius Runkauskas
No. 22 – Juventus Utena
Position Shooting guard
League Lietuvos krepšinio lyga
Personal information
Born (1986-05-20) May 20, 1986
Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Lithuanian
Listed height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2008 / Undrafted
Playing career 2003–present
Career history
2003–2007 Nafta-Uni-Laivitė Klaipėda
2007–2008 Neptūnas Klaipėda
2008–2009 Sūduva Marijampolė
2009 ASK Riga
2009–2011 UJAP Quimper
2011–2014 Neptūnas Klaipėda
2014–2015 CSU Asesoft Ploiești
2015–2016 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
2016–2018 Steaua București
2018–present Juventus Utena
Career highlights and awards

Marius Runkauskas (born May 20, 1986) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays primarily at the shooting guard position, but he can also play point guard, if needed.

Early years

Runkauskas played in the Lithuanian Pupils Basketball League (MKL), for the V. Chomičius basketball school.

Professional career

Runkauskas started his professional basketball career in the Klaipėda, NKL (Lithuanian 2nd Division) team, Nafta-Uni-Laivitė, in 2003. After he became a champion of the NKL, in 2007, with Nafta-Uni-Laivitė, Klaipėda's strongest basketball club invited him to join their team. He averaged 8.8 points, 1.0 assists, and 1.5 rebounds per game.

The next year, he joined BC Sūduva, and in January 2009, he left the club, and joined the Latvian basketball team ASK Riga.[1] In the following season, he averaged 16.9 points, 3.9 assists, and 3.3 rebounds per game. After the season, he joined UJAP Quimper, playing in the French 2nd Division.[2] With UJAP, he averaged 14.1 points, 1.6 assists, and 2.6 rebounds per game.

In June 2011, he returned to BC Neptūnas, and signed a two-year contract with the team.[3] In July 2014, he moved to Romania, and signed a one-year deal with CSU Asesoft Ploiești.[4] In June 2015, he signed a two-year (1+1) deal with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius.[5]

International career

In 2015, Runkauskas was included into the senior Lithuanian national team extended candidates list, by the team's head coach, Jonas Kazlauskas.[6] He also participated in the Lithuanian national team's training camp, but he was cut from the national team on August 16.[7]

Awards and achievements

References

  1. ↑ ASK Riga crazy on the market
  2. ↑ L'Ujap Quimper clôt son recrutement Marius Runkauskas et Jeff Fahnbulleh pour finir
  3. ↑ Neptunas tabs Marius Runkauskas
  4. ↑ CSU Asesoft Ploiesti tabs shooter Runkauskas
  5. ↑ ""Lietuvos rytas" sukirto rankomis su Runkausku ir neigia gandus apie kardinalias permainas klube". BasketNews.lt. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Paviešintas Lietuvos rinktinės kandidatų sąrašas". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Augustis, Mindaugas. "J. Kazlauskas atsisakė pirmųjų krepšininkų paslaugų". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
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