Vytenis Čižauskas

Vytenis Čižauskas
	Vytenis Čižauskas with Lithuania men's national basketball team
No. 22 – Nevėžis Kėdainiai
Position	Point guard
League	Lithuanian Basketball League
Personal information
Born	September 16, 1992 (age 29); Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	177 lb (80 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2014 / Undrafted
Playing career	2009–present
Career history
2007–2014	Žalgiris Kaunas
2007-2008	→ Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school
2009	→ Kaunas Triobet
2009–2010	→ Kaunas Aisčiai
2010–2011	→ Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school
2011	→ Kėdainiai Nevėžis
2011–2012	→ Kaunas Baltai
2012–2013	→ CB Valladolid
2014	BC Lietkabelis
2014–2015	Valmiera/Ordo
2015–2016	Crailsheim Merlins
2016-2017	Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas
2017–2018	Tartu Ülikool
2018-2020	Akhisar Belediyespor
2020-2021	MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
2021	Dzūkija Alytus
2021–present	Nevėžis–OPTIBET
Career highlights and awards
	Baltic League champion (2017); LKL champion (2014); European Youth Olympic Festival MVP (2007);
Men's Basketball
Representing Lithuania
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
FIBA World Under-19 Championship
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
European Youth Olympic Festival

Vytenis Čižauskas (born September 16, 1992^[1]) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Nevėžis-OPTIBET of the Lithuanian Basketball League. He plays the point guard position.

Career[]

Čižauskas with CB Valladolid.

From an early age, Čižauskas played for the Žalgiris youth team. In his second season, he led the team in points and assists; as a consequence, he was promoted to Kaunas Triobet of BBL.

In March 2009, he was moved to Žalgiris' main roster; however, the young point guard saw limited playing time in the LKL. After leaving Žalgiris, Čižauskas played for various local Lithuanian team until joining CB Valladolid of Liga ACB on loan from Žalgiris. He averaged a mediocre 2.6 points per game and 0.8 assists per game coming off the bench.^[2]

In September 2013, he returned to Žalgiris and debuted in the Euroleague tournament. On December 9, 2014 he signed with Latvian team BK Valmiera.^[3]

International career[]

He won five gold medals with Lithuania national teams: European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (U-15) and was named MVP in 2007,^[4] Europe U-16 in 2008, Europe U-18 in 2010, World U-19 in 2011 and Europe U-20 in 2012. He was a candidate for Lithuania national basketball team, which participated in EuroBasket 2013.^[5]