Artūras Valeika

Artūras Valeika

Position	Power Forward
Height	2.06 metres (6 ft 9 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
League	LKL BBL
Team	Neptūnas
Born	11 August 1985 (1985-08-11) (age 26) Vilnius, Lithuania
Nationality	Lithuanian
College	Weber State
Pro career	2003–present
Career history	2004-2008 Weber State 2008-2009 Eisbären 2009-2010 SK Valmiera 2010 BC Alytus 2010-2011 BC Perlas 2011 SK Valmiera 2011 Cáceres CB 2011-present BC Neptūnas
Awards	2005 NJCAA Region V First Team 2005 NJCAA Region V First Team 2007 NCAA Big Sky Conference Player of the Week 2007 NCAA Big Sky Conference Tournament Winner 2007 NCAA All-Big Sky Conference Honourable Mention 2008 NCAA Big Sky Conference Player of the Week 2008 NCAA Big Sky Conference First Team

Artūras Valeika (born 11 August 1985 in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player currently playing for Neptūnas in Lithuanian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League.

Valeika started his career in 2003 playing for Vilnius SSK-Nord/LB Draudimas which was playing in second Lithuanian league LKAL. After one season he started studies in Weber State University where he also played basketball for Wildcats from 2006 to 2008. Before that he played for Midland JC. for two years. Valeika also played for U20 Lithuanian National Team in 2005. After he finished studies, Artūras returned to Europe and joined Eisbären Bremerhaven basketball club playing in Germany. However there he didn't showed good performance and after season Valeika headed to Latvia playing for SK Valmiera. After 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 season playing for BC Alytus, however on October he decided to leave 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 CB, where he finished 2010-2011 season. On 2011 summer Valeika signed contract with Lithuanian club BC Neptūnas.

Statistics

College Statistics

Season Averages

Season	Team	G	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	MIN	TO
2006-07	Weber State Wildcats	32	8.0	6.5	1.0	0.7	0.5	.579	.348	.670	26.6	1.8
2007-08	Weber State Wildcats	30	9.9	10.2	1.2	8.8	1.2	.489	.371	.701	29.8	2.1
Totals:		62	8.9	8.3	1.1	0.7	0.8	.528	.364	.686	28.2	2.0

References

• Artūras Valeika. Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga (Lithuanian Basketball League). Accessed 2011-09-06.

Persondata
Name	Valeika, Artūras
Alternative names
Short description	Basketball player
Date of birth	11 August 1985
Place of birth	Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR
Date of death
Place of death