Žydrūnas Urbonas

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Žydrūnas Urbonas

Urbonas with Juventus Utena in 2015

BC Šiauliai

Position

Head coach

League

Lithuanian Basketball League

Personal information

Born

4 October 1976 (age 48)
Zarasai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union

Nationality

Lithuanian

Listed height

6 ft 6.7 in (2.00 m)

Listed weight

220 lb (100 kg)

Career information

NBA draft

1998: undrafted

Playing career

1993–2012

Position

Small forward / power forward

Coaching career

2012–present

Career history

As player:

1993–1994

Lietkabelis Panevėžys

1994–1995

Lavera Kaunas

1995–1998

Lietkabelis Panevėžys

1998–1999

Šilutė

1999–2001

Šiauliai

2001–2002

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

2002–2003

Šiauliai

2003

AGE Chalkida

2003–2005

Šiauliai

2005–2006

Barons Riga

2006–2007

AEL Limassol

2007–2008

Lietkabelis Panevėžys

2008

Alytus

2008–2009

Donetsk

2009–2012

Juventus Utena

As coach:

2012–2017

Juventus Utena (assistant)

2017–2022

Juventus Utena

2023

Sigal Prishtina

2023–present

Šiauliai

Career highlights and awards

LKL Most Valuable Player (2001)
2× LKL All-Star (2001, 2003)
No. 8 retired by Juventus Utena

Medals

Men's Basketball

Representing Lithuania
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
	1994 Israel	U-18 Team

Žydrūnas Urbonas (born 4 October 1976, in Zarasai, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Šiauliai of the LKL.^[1]

Playing career

Urbonas made his professional debut in the 1993–94 season and continued to play for various teams in the Lithuanian Basketball League for another eight years, playing for BC Lietkabelis, BC Lavera, being one of the team leaders there, before signing with BC Šiauliai, where he reached his biggest success, helping the team finish in 3rd place in 2000 and 2001, and becoming the LKL MVP in the 2001 season. In 2001, he moved to Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Russian Basketball Super League 1, however, after the season he returned to BC Šiauliai and spent the 2002–03 season there before signing with AGE Chalkida of the Greek A2 Basket League for a brief time in 2003, though he returned to BC Šiauliai again to finish the 2003-2004 season and played a full 2004–05 season. He helped the team to win 3rd place in the LKL in 2004, and helped them win the LKL, BBL and FIBA Euro Cup Conference North 3rd places. In the 2005–06 season Urbonas signed with Barons Riga of the Latvian Basketball League and then moved to AEL Limassol of the Cyprus Basketball Division A for the 2006–07 season. Urbonas returned to Lithuania in 2007 and played there until autumn 2008 before signing with Donetsk of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague for the 2008–2009 season. He finished his career playing for Juventus Utena from 2009 to 2012.^[2]

Coaching career

In 2009, Urbonas became a player-coach and the team's president when he joined Juventus Utena,^[3] and then became the assistant coach when he retired in 2012. He served as head coach under Rytis Vaišvila, Vitoldas Masalskis, Virginijus Sirvydis and Antanas Sireika, who coached and mentored him back during his playing days in BC Šiauliai. He was still assistant coach, this time under Gediminas Petrauskas, in the 2017-2018 season, but became head coach by October, after Petrauskas resigned due to poor results.

National team career

Urbonas won a gold medal with the Lithuanian under-18 national team in 1994 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.^[4]

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2008–09	Donetsk	10		21.37	.35	.25	.7	4.5	1.00	0.7	.0	7.2

References

^ "Žydrūnas Urbonas / Žaidėjai - Basketnews.lt". basketnews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 16 June 2017.
^ Buračas, Rokas (21 August 2012). "Baigti karjerą nusprendė ir Urbonas". basketnews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 16 June 2017.
^ "Urbonas: "Pirma sezono pusė – dešimtukui"". basketnews.lt (in Lithuanian). 23 December 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
^ "Lithuania / European Championship for Junior Men (1994)". FIBAEurope.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

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