Marius Runkauskas


Marius Runkauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays primarily at the shooting guard position, but he can also play point guard, if needed.

Early years

Runkauskas played in the Lithuanian Pupils Basketball League, for the V. Chomičius basketball school.

Professional career

Runkauskas started his professional basketball career in the Klaipėda, NKL team, Nafta-Uni-Laivitė, in 2003. After he became a champion of the NKL, in 2007, with Nafta-Uni-Laivitė, Klaipėda's strongest basketball club invited him to join their team. He averaged 8.8 points, 1.0 assists, and 1.5 rebounds per game.
The next year, he joined BC Sūduva, and in January 2009, he left the club, and joined the Latvian basketball team ASK Riga. In the following season, he averaged 16.9 points, 3.9 assists, and 3.3 rebounds per game. After the season, he joined UJAP Quimper, playing in the French 2nd Division. With UJAP, he averaged 14.1 points, 1.6 assists, and 2.6 rebounds per game.
In June 2011, he returned to BC Neptūnas, and signed a two-year contract with the team. In July 2014, he moved to Romania, and signed a one-year deal with CSU Asesoft Ploiești. In June 2015, he signed a two-year deal with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius.

International career

In 2015, Runkauskas was included into the senior Lithuanian national team extended candidates list, by the team's head coach, Jonas Kazlauskas. He also participated in the Lithuanian national team's training camp, but he was cut from the national team on August 16.

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