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Edgaras Ulanovas

Edgaras Ulanovas (born January 7, 1992) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player and the team captain for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague.[1]

Edgaras Ulanovas
Ulanovas with Žalgiris Kaunas in 2015
No. 92 – Žalgiris Kaunas
PositionSmall forward / power forward
LeagueLKL
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1992-01-07) January 7, 1992 (age 32)
Kaunas, Lithuania
Listed height199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight99 kg (218 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2008–2009Aiščiai-Artransa Kaunas
2009–2010Triobet Jonava
2010–2020Žalgiris Kaunas
2010–2011→BC Žalgiris-2
2011–2012→Baltai Kaunas
2012→Pieno žvaigdžės
2012–2013→Lietkabelis
2013–2014→Neptūnas
2020–2021Fenerbahçe
2021–presentŽalgiris Kaunas
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Lithuania
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Slovenia U-20 Team
FIBA World Under-19 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Latvia U-19 Team
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Lithuania U-18 Team
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2008 Italy U-16 Team
Ulanovas with Žalgiris Kaunas in 2018

Professional career

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On 25 April 2014, Ulanovas was named the Co-VTB United League Young Player of the Year, along with Dmitry Kulagin.[2] In 2017, he was named the MVP of the 2017 King Mindaugas Cup, and also the MVP of the 2017 LKL Finals.[3][4]

In 2019, Ulanovas was named the LKL Finals MVP for a second time in his career.[5]

In 2020, Ulanovas was named MVP of the 2020 King Mindaugas Cup.[6]

On 9 July 2020, Ulanovas transferred to the Turkish EuroLeague powerhouse Fenerbahçe, after a full decade with Žalgiris.[7][8] During his first game as a member of the new team in the EuroLeague, Ulanovas was one of the team leaders by scoring 13 points, and helped his team to achieve a 77–63 season opening victory versus the KK Crvena zvezda.[9] On 15 June 2021, Ulanovas officially parted ways with the Turkish club.

On 2 July 2021, Ulanovas returned to Žalgiris Kaunas, signing a one-year deal.[10][11] On 10 April 2022, he re-signed with the club until the end of the 2023–24 season.[12] On 26 September 2022, Ulanovas was named team captain of Žalgiris Kaunas. On July 5, 2023, he renewed his contract through 2027.

National team career

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Lithuanian junior national team

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Ulanovas represented Lithuania's junior national teams at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, and the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, winning four gold medals. In the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, he was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Lithuanian senior national team

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In 2015, Ulanovas was included into the senior Lithuanian national team's extended candidates list, by the team's head coach, Jonas Kazlauskas.[13] However, he was not invited into the team's training camp later on.[14] Still, he was invited into the national team's training camp the next year, and he immediately qualified into the Olympic roster.

However, he was replaced on the roster by Vaidas Kariniauskas, just before the start of the tournament, due to injury.[15][16][17] Following year, Ulanovas played with the team at the EuroBasket 2017, averaging 7.2 points.[18]

Personal life

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In 26 June 2021 Ulanovas bought 15% shares of basketball website "Basketnews.com" and became part-owner. [19]

Career statistics

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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  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

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* Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2014–15 Žalgiris 24 12 19.2 .465 .323 .757 2.5 1.2 .6 .0 5.5 5.9
2015–16 24 24 26.3 .372 .342 .875 4.5 2.0 .7 .2 6.3 9.2
2016–17 30 16 24.4 .510 .381 .877 3.3 1.5 .3 .3 7.7 9.3
2017–18 35 31 27.1 .503 .457 .787 4.1 2.1 .5 .4 7.5 10.9
2018–19 34 24 25.0 .439 .354 .840 3.4 1.4 .6 .2 7.2 8.6
2019–20 28* 28* 25.8 .427 .368 .813 3.3 2.0 .4 .1 8.3 8.9
2020–21 Fenerbahçe 28 28 19.6 .471 .400 .722 1.6 1.4 .3 .0 4.5 4.9
2021–22 Žalgiris 32 24 27.5 .441 .347 .789 4.3 2.0 .8 .2 8.1 10.2
2022–23 37 37 28.1 .449 .395 .835 3.3 2.5 .9 .1 10.2 11.7
2023–24 34 32 28.0 .448 .284 .866 4.1 2.8 .6 .1 7.6 10.7
Career 306 256 25.4 .449 .364 .826 3.5 1.9 .6 .2 7.4 9.4

References

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  1. ^ "Edgaras Ulanovas Basketball Player Profile, stats, biography, career". Eurobasket. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  2. ^ Dmitry Kulagin and Edgaras Ulanovas named Young Players of the Year Archived 2014-04-26 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
  3. ^ "Edgaras Ulanovas – Karaliaus Mindaugo taurės turnyro MVP". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. ^ "LKL finalo MVP tapo Edgaras Ulanovas". 24sek.lt. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  5. ^ "LKL sezono uždaryme – Š.Jasikevičiaus, E.Ulanovo ir "Žalgirio" triumfas". 15min.lt. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  6. ^ Butkauskas, Laurynas. "MVP trofėjus kolekcionuojantis Ulanovas: mums reikia tų gerų emocijų". DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Edgaras Ulanovas Fenerbahçe Beko'da" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Fenerbahce brings in versatile forward Ulanovas". www.euroleague.net. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Sklandus E.Ulanovo debiutas – pergalė ir pakartotas tritaškių rekordas". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Zalgiris Kaunas officially signs Edgaras Ulanovas". Sportando. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Ulanovas returns home to Kaunas". zalgiris.lt. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  12. ^ "Ulanovas and Lekavicius set to stay in Kaunas". zalgiris.lt. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  13. ^ "Paviešintas Lietuvos rinktinės kandidatų sąrašas". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  14. ^ "J. Kazlausko sprendimas: paaiškėjo, kurie krepšininkai ruošis Europos čempionatui". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. ^ "J. Kazlauskas apsisprendė: rinktinės sąrašas – be L. Lekavičiaus, bet su naujais veidais". Krepsinis.lt. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  16. ^ "Jonas Kazlauskas paskelbė galutinį Lietuvos rinktinės dvyliktuką". 24sek.lt. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  17. ^ Miklovas, Jonas. "Traumą patyrusį Edgarą Ulanovą dvyliktuke keičia Vaidas Kariniauskas". BasketNews.lt. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  18. ^ "Edgaras ULANOVAS at the FIBA EuroBasket 2017".
  19. ^ "Edgaras ULANOVAS bought 15% shares of "Basketnews.com"".
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