Marius Runkauskas

Marius Runkauskas

Position	Shooting Guard
Height	1.89 metres (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	78 kg (170 lb)
League	LKL BBL
Team	BC Neptūnas
Born	May 20, 1986 (1986-05-20) (age 25) Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, USSR
Nationality	Lithuanian
Pro career	2003–present
Career history	Nafta-Uni-Laivitė (2003-07) BC Neptūnas (2007-08) BC Sūduva (2008-09) ASK Riga (2009) UJAP Quimper (2009-11) BC Neptūnas (2011-present)
Awards	LKL Three-point Shootout Champion, 2008

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

Pro career

Marius started his professional basketball career in Klaipėda, NKL team Nafta-Uni-Laivitė in 2003. Before that he played in Lithuanian Pupil Basketball League (MKL) for V.Chomičius basketball school. After he became champion of NKL in 2007 with Nafta-Uni-Laivitė, Klaipėda's strongest basketball club invited him to join their team, he averaged 8.8 Points and 1.0 Assist and 1.5 Rebounds. Year After he joined BC Sūduva, and in 2009 January he left club and joined Latvian's basketball team ASK Riga.In following season he averaged 16.9 Points, 3.9 Assists and 3.3 Rebounds After the season he joined UJAP Quimper, playing in Ligue Nationale de Basketball Second Division in France.^[1] In UJAP he averaged 14.1 Points, 1.6 Assists and 2.6 Rebounds.

Teams

• 2003-07 - Nafta-Uni-Laivitė (NKL)
• 2007-08 - Klaipėdos Neptūnas (Lithuanian Basketball League),(Baltic Basketball League)
• 2008-09 - Marijampolės Sūduva (Lithuanian Basketball League),(Baltic Basketball League)
• 2009-09 - ASK Riga (LBL), (Baltic Basketball League)
• 2009-11 - UJAP Quimper (Ligue Nationale de Basketball Pro B)

Awards and achievements

• 2006 - NKL Runner-up
• 2007 - NKL Champion
• 2008 - Eurobasket.com BBL All-Newcomers Team
• 2008 - LKL Three-point Shootout Champion

References

1. ^ L'Ujap Quimper clôt son recrutement Marius Runkauskas et Jeff Fahnbulleh pour finir

External links

• Profile

Persondata
Name	Runkauskas, Marius
Alternative names
Short description	Basketball player
Date of birth	May 20, 1986
Place of birth	Klaipėda, Lithuania
Date of death
Place of death