Martynas Mažeika - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Martynas Mažeika is a Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

n professional basketball player. He is 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) tall. He can play point guard

Point guard

Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...

or shooting guard

Shooting guard

The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...

Pro career

Mažeika began his professional career with KK Neptūnas

KK Neptunas

BC „Neptūnas“ is the major basketball club of Klaipėda, Lithuania participating in Lithuanian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League. BC „Maistas“ basketball club was founded in 1962...

in Lithuania (2000–2004). He then moved to Alba Berlin

ALBA Berlin

-Depth Chart:* Denotes injured player.-Championships:*German Championships: 8 *German Cups: 6 *Korać Cups: 1 -Notable players:- Season by season :-External links:...

for three years, the last one on loan to Telekom Baskets Bonn

Telekom Baskets Bonn

Telekom Baskets Bonn is a professional basketball club that is based in Bonn, Germany. The club plays in the German Basketball League, which is the highest level pro basketball league in Germany. The club's sponsor is the German company Deutsche Telekom, a big telephone and internet company, which...

. Then he played at Capo d'Orlando

Orlandina Basket

Orlandina Basket, also known for sponsorship reasons as UPEA Capo d'Orlando is an Italian professional basketball club from the town of Capo d'Orlando, Sicily, Italy. It was founded in 1978, and is among the most recently founded basketball clubs in Italy...

and Khimik

Khimik Yuzhny

Khimik Yuzhny is a Ukrainian professional basketball club that is based in Yuzhny, Ukraine. The club plays in the Ukrainian Basketball Super League...

. During the 2008/09 season he returned to KK Neptūnas

KK Neptunas

and started the 2009/10 season with VEF Riga

VEF Riga

VEF Rīga is the name of a professional basketball club that is based in Riga, Latvia. The club plays their home domestic league games at Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs in Riga. VEF Rīga is the oldest professional basketball club in Latvia and the Baltic region. The club name VEF came from the radio...

. On January 15, 2010 he joined Greek League club AEK Athens B.C.. In October 2010 he returned to KK Neptūnas

KK Neptunas

again.

Lithuania national team

He was a member of the 2001 Lithuanian National Cadet team, the 2002 Lithuanian Junior Team and the 2004 Under 20 Team.

External links

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