Mindaugas Žukauskas
Lithuanian basketball player (born 1975)
Mindaugas Žukauskas (born 24 August 1975 in Šiauliai) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player, a former captain of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He is a small forward 2.01 m tall. Žukauskas is currently a manager for BC Šiauliai.
Career statistics
Euroleague
Awards and achievements
Olympic Bronze medalist - 1996
LKL champion - 1998, 1999
European Cup Winner - 1998
NEBL champion - 1999
Euroleague champion - 1999
Slovenian champion - 2001
European champion - 2003
Euroleague 3rd place - 2003, 2004
Italian Serie A champion - 2004
His former teams include Lithuanian Žalgiris Kaunas, Italian Montepaschi Siena and Scavolini Pesaro, and Slovenian KK Union Olimpija.
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