Virginijus Praškevičius

Infobox NBA player
name = Virginijus Praškevičius
nickname =


caption =
league = LKL
team = BC Šiauliai
height_ft = 6
height_in = 9
weight_lbs = 221
position = Power forward
birth_date = birth date and age|1974|3|4|
birth_place = Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
nationality = Lithuanian
career_start = 1993
former_teams = Lavera Kaunas (1993–1995)
Atletas Kaunas (1995–1996)
LaCrosse Bobcats (1997)
Žalgiris Kaunas (1997–1998)
Beşiktaş Spor Kulubu (1998–2000)
Telindus Ostende (2000–2002)
Ülkerspor (2002–2003)
Hapoel Tel Aviv (2003–2004)
Ülkerspor (2004–2005)
Upea Capo D'Orlando (2005–2006)
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada (2006–2007)
awards =

Virginijus Praškevičius (born March 4 1974, in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Lithuanian basketball player. He played for the Lithuania national team and for Lithuania Under-22 national team, taking part to Eurobasket 1997, World Championship 1998, Eurobasket 1999, and 2003, where he took the Gold. He won also the gold medal at the 1996 European Under-22 Championship.

The 2.04 m power forward/center started playing for Banga Kaunas and in 1993-94 was bought by Lavera Kaunas. In 1995-96 decided to play for Atletas Kaunas together with Žydrūnas Ilgauskas. In January 1997 he passed to LaCrosse Bobcats in the Continental Basketball Association.

In 1997-98 he came back to his home town Kaunas to play for Atletas and then for Žalgiris. With the best Lithuanian team he won a Saporta Cup. Then he played two years for Beşiktaş Spor Kulubu in the Turkish Basketball League. In 2000 he passed to Basketball Club Oostende in Belgium, winning twice the Belgian National Championship and becoming once the MVP of the league. In 2002-2005 he played for Ülkerspor (but one year, played in Hapoel Tel Aviv), and he won twice the Turkish National Cup.

In 2005-06 he played for Upea Capo d'Orlando, in Italian Serie A1, in 2006/07 for Baloncesto Fuenlabrada in the Spanish ACB and currently is playing for BC Šiauliai in Lithuania.

External links

*en icon [http://www.euroleague.net/plantillas/jugador.jsp?id=AWE Player Profle from Euroleague.net]
* [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=BBZ ACB.com - Player Profile]