Tautvydas Šležas

Tautvydas Šležas
Free agent
Position Center
Personal information
Born (1990-03-31) March 31, 1990[1]
Kaunas, Lithuania
Nationality Lithuanian
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 256 lb (116 kg)
Career information
Playing career 2006–present
Career history
2006–2008 Bremena-KTU
2008–2011 Lietuvos Rytas
2009–2011 →BC Perlas
2011–2012 Juventus
2013 Prienai
2013–2014 Dzūkija
2014–2015 BSC Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld
2015–2016 Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad
2016 Bilbao Basket
2016–2017 RETAbet GBC
2017–2018 Palma

Tautvydas Šležas (born March 31, 1990) is a professional Lithuanian basketball player[1] who last played for Spanish club Iberostar Palma.

Career

Born in Kaunas, Lithuania, Šležas started his professional career 2006 in Tauragės Bremena-KTU, club of the Lithuanian second division.

Two years later, he signed with BC Lietuvos Rytas, as one of the most promising young players in Lithuania, but he rarely step on the court for the team. He was loaned two years to its junior team BC Perlas.

On 11 September 2011 signed a one year contract with BC Juventus. On 7 October 2011, playing in his second game of the season, suffered a very complicated ankle injury, which kept him out of the line-up for 4 months. After playing with BC Prienai and BC Dzūkija.

Šležas left Lithuania in 2014, when he signed with Austrian Basketball League club Fürstenfeld Panthers. In 2015 he signed with Spanish second division club Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad. On 25 January 2016, he became the MVP of the round 19 after scoring 21 points and grabbing 18 rebounds in the 81–78 win against Cocinas.com.[2]

Two weeks later, Šležas signed with Liga ACB club Bilbao Basket a contract until the end of the 2015–16 season.[3]

In Summer 2016, he signed a one-year contract with Spanish second division team RETAbet.es GBC.

National team history

  • 2006 Lithuania U-16 National team (European Championship, Spain)
  • 2008 Lithuania U-18 National team (European Championship, Greece)
  • 2009 Lithuania U-19 National team (World Championship, New Zealand)
  • 2010 Lithuania U-20 National team (European Championship, Croatia)

References

  1. 1 2 "Tautvydas Slezas - Player Profile - Basketball". Eurosport Asia. Eurosport.com. November 2013.
  2. ↑ "J.19: Tautvydas Slezas, la décima sinfonía de su primer MVP" (in Spanish). FEB.es. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tautvydas Slezas joins Bilbao". Eurohoops.net. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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