- Eurelijus Žukauskas
Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Eurelijus Žukauskas
nickname = Žukis
caption = Žukas in 2007
league = LKL
BBLEuroleague
position = Center
height_ft = 7
height_in = 2
weight_lbs = 256
birth_date = birth date and age|1973|8|22|
birth_place =Klaipėda
nationality =Lithuania n
team = Žalgiris
number = 11
highschool =
college =
draft = 2nd round, 54th overall
draft_year = 1995
draft_team =Seattle SuperSonics
career_start = 1994
career_end =
former_teams = Neptūnas Klaipėda (1994-1997)Žalgiris Kaunas (1997-2000)
Paf Bologna (2000-2001)
Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody (2001-2002)UNICS Kazan (2002-2004)Ülkerspor (2004-2005)
Olympiacos (2005-2006)
Lietuvos Rytas (2006-2007)
awards =Eurelijus Žukauskas (pronunciation|Eurelijus Zukauskas.ogg, born
August 22 1973 , inKlaipėda ,Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic , USSR) is aLithuania n professionalbasketball player currently playing for LKL champion Žalgiris. He played for the Lithuanian national basketball team from1995 to2004 .In
1995 NBA Draft Žukauskas was drafted as a #54 bySeattle SuperSonics in the second round. OnJune 28 1995 theMilwaukee Bucks acquired his rights from Seattle.He is a center 218 cm tall and weighs 115 kg.He suffered an injury in October
2005 and was sidelined for 4 months, released in January2006 .His stats withÜlkerspor inEuroleague : 22 games: 10.6 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 1.8 bpg, 2FGP: 63.6%; Turkish League: 31 games: 8.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.4 apg, 2FGP: 59.0%, Blocks - 4 (1.7 bpg)Career
*1994-1997: Neptūnas Klaipėda
*1997-2000: Žalgiris Kaunas
*2000-2001: Paf Bologna
*2001-2002: Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody
*2002-2004:UNICS Kazan
*2004-2005:Ülkerspor
*2005-2006: Olympiakos
*2006-2007: Lietuvos Rytas
*2007-2008: Žalgiris KaunasAwards/achievements
*Olympic Bronze medalist - 1996, 2000
*Euroleague champion -1999
*European champion - 2003
*LKL champion - 1998, 1999, 2008
*Lithuanian All-Star Slam Dunk Contest Winner - 1999
*FIBA Europe League Champion - 2004
*BBL champion - 2007, 2008
*LKL Vice-champion -2007
*Lithuanian National Cup - 2008External links
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?seasoncode=E2007&clubcode=zal&pcode=ADX Euroleague.net Profile]
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