Ignas Vaitkus
| No. 22 – Nevėžis Kėdainiai | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward / shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | LKL | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 February 1993 Šiauliai, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Lithuanian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2015: undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2011–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Saulė-Aukštabalis Šiauliai | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Meresta Pakruojis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | BC Mažeikiai | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Nafta-Uni-Akvaservis Klaipėda | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | BC Šilutė | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | BC Vytis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | BC Šiauliai | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Juventus Utena | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ignas Vaitkus (born 22 February 1993) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Nevėžis Kėdainiai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).[1]
Early career
[edit]Born in Šiauliai, Vaitkus started his career with Saulė-Aukštabalis Šiauliai of the third-tier Regional Basketball League (RKL), where he played for one season in 2011–12. In 2012, he moved to the NKL when he signed with Meresta Pakruojis.
Professional career
[edit]Vaitkus started his professional career with BC Mažeikiai in 2014. He made his debut in the Lithuanian Basketball League on 27 September 2014, scoring 17 points in a loss against Neptūnas Klaipėda.
On 3 August 2023, Vaitkus returned to Nevėžis Kėdainiai.[2]
National team career
[edit]Vaitkus won gold medal with the Lithuanian team during the 2017 Summer Universiade after defeating the United States' team 74–85 in the final.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ignas Vaitkus / Žaidėjai".
- ^ "Kėdainių klube – I. Vaitkus". lkl.lt (in Lithuanian). 3 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Results - Men Gold Medal Game 2017". fisu.net. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
External links
[edit]- 1993 births
- Living people
- BC Juventus players
- BC Nevėžis players
- BC Pieno žvaigždės players
- BC Šiauliai players
- BC Šilutė basketball players
- Lithuanian men's basketball players
- Small forwards
- Basketball players from Šiauliai
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Lithuania
- Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- European Games competitors for Lithuania
- Basketball players at the 2023 European Games