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Dovydas Giedraitis

Dovydas Giedraitis (born August 17, 2000) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague.

Early career

Giedraitis started his career in 2016, playing in the Lithuanian second-tier NKL with Ežerūnas Molėtai.

Professional career

Estudiantes (2017–2022)

In August 2017, Giedraitis signed a long-term contract with Movistar Estudiantes of the Spanish Liga ACB. Under the terms of the deal, Giedraitis spent the first two seasons playing for the club’s reserve U-18 team Estudiantes B in the fourth-tier Liga EBA. On 27 September 2019, Giedraitis made his Liga ACB debut with Estudiantes, scoring three points off the bench in an away loss against Saski Baskonia. On 15 July 2020, Giedraitis signed a contract extension with the club until 2023. On 3 August 2021, the deal was extended until 2024.

Loan to Lietkabelis (2021–2022)

After the team’s relegation to LEB Oro in 2021, Giedraitis was loaned to Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) for the 2021–22 season on 26 July 2021.

Žalgiris Kaunas (2022–present)

On 6 August 2022, Giedraitis signed a long-term (3+2 year) deal with the Lithuanian powerhouse Žalgiris Kaunas, who bought him out of his previous contract.

National team career

Giedraitis represented Lithuania at the youth level in four FIBA tournaments from 2016 to 2019, and won the silver medal during the 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship.

Personal

Giedraitis was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. He is the second born child of the former Lithuanian national team guard Andrius Giedraitis. His older brother Karolis Giedraitis also professionally plays basketball.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Žalgiris | 16 || 4 || 9.1 || .429 || .143 || 1.000 || .5 || .6 || .5 || || 2.1 || 0.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24 | 30 || 19 || 16.6 || .398 || .426 || .923 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 1.1 || || 4.8 || 3.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2024–25 | 30 || 18 || 24.0 || .436 || .390 || .785 || 1.7 || 1.9 || .6 || .0 || 5.8 || 4.5 |- |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career | 76 || 41 || 18.0 || .420 || .379 || .881 || 1.2 || 1.3 || .8 || .0 || 4.6 || 3.3

EuroCup

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22 | style="text-align:left;"| Lietkabelis | 14 || 6 || 25.8 || .387 || .404 || .929 || 1.6 || 1.7 || .6 || .1 || 8.6 || 5.3 |- |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career | 14 || 6 || 25.8 || .387 || .404 || .929 || 1.6 || 1.7 || .6 || .1 || 8.6 || 5.3

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