Robertas Giedraitis (born August 29, 1970) is a Lithuanian

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coach and former player. He was most recently the assistant coach for

Šiauliai Šiauliai ( ; ) is a city in northern Lithuania, the List of cities in Lithuania, country's fourth largest city and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, sixth largest city in the Baltic States, with a population of 112 581 in 202 ...

of the

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(LKL). Giedraitis played his whole career with Šiauliai. He is currently the player with the most steals and the most assists made in Lithuanian Basketball League's history.

Career

Before the 2005 season's start, Giedraitis retired as a player and became the assistant coach in

. After 2006–07 season, Giedraitis took over as head coach of

. On 8 July 2010, Robertas Giedraitis became the head coach of Juventus Utena. On 25 July 2011, Robertas Giedraitis renewed his contract with

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basketball team for another year.http://www.utenosjuventus.lt/LT/naujienos/1706/ ''(Lithuanian)'' He left

in the summer of 2012. In 2013, he briefly served as the head coach of Lietkabelis Panevėžys. He was also a head coach of

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in the 2018–2019 season.

Personal life

Giedraitis' son Rokas is also a professional basketball player.

References

External links

Robertas Giedraitis Basketnews.lt profile
''(Lithuanian)'' 1970 births Living people BC Šiauliai players Lithuanian basketball coaches Lithuanian men's basketball players Point guards Basketball players from Kaunas {{Lithuania-basketball-bio-stub