Ronaldas Rutkauskas (born 3 March 1992) is a Lithuanian professional

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of the National Basketball League. Born in Kaunas, he started his professional career in Sweden with 08 Stockholm. Rutkauskas received the BBL Best Rebounder Award in 2015 while playing for

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and was the leading scorer of the Belarus Premier League in 2012. Rutkauskas has represented

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at junior levels.

Professional career

Born in

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in 1992, Rutkauskas started playing basketball at a very young age in the basketball academies of

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. His professional started career in 2009 with

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team 08 Stockholm, before joining Belarusian team Tsmoki-Minsk in 2011. Rutkauskas while playing for Tsmoki-Minsk II in the Belarus Premier League, led the league in scoring for the 2011–12 season with 19.6

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and had the second-best record with 9.4 rebounds per game in 30 games, also setting the season-high for scoring in a game as he scored 38 points against Rubon Vitebsk. He improved his numbers the next season to 21.5 points and 10.2 rebounds per game, before in January 2013, he agreed terms with

team Stockholm Eagles. Rutkauskas joined Cypriot club

ETHA Engomis ETHA Engomis (in Greek: Ε.Θ.Α. Έγκωμης ), is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in Engomi, Cyprus. The club competes in the Cypriot League. History The club was founded in 1942, but didn't win its first trophy until 2011. ETH ...

in September 2013, before moving to Spain to play for

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team

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. Rutkauskas joined

for the 2014–15 season, scoring 8 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in his debut against TU/Rock. He was named BBL's Most Valuable Player for December, while he also received the BBL Best Rebounder Award at the end of the season. In October 2015, he signed for

Jēkabpils Jēkabpils () is a state city in Jēkabpils Municipality in southeastern Latvia, located roughly halfway between the capital Riga and Daugavpils, and spanning the Daugava River. The name of the city literally translates into "Castle of Jacob". H ...

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. While at Jēkabpils he was named BBL's Most Valuable Player for January 2016, by averaging 15.5 points, 11 rebounds, and 1.3 steals, earning the honor for the second time in his career. In July 2016, Rutkauskas agreed a contract with Greek A2 team

Iraklis Thessaloniki Gymnastikos Syllogos Thessalonikis "Iraklis" (), commonly referred to as Iraklis Thessaloniki, is a multi–sporting club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis was founded on 29 November 1908 and i ...

. He finished his season with 11.4 points and 7 rebounds per game, appearing in all but one regular season games. In July 2021, Rutkauskas signed with reigning Icelandic champions

Þór Þorlákshöfn Ungmennafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Þorlákshöfn, is a multi-sport club in Þorlákshöfn, Iceland. It has active departments in athletics, badminton, basketball, motorcycle sports and track & field but has also featured various othe ...

. On 2 October 2021, he had 23 points and 12 rebounds in Þór's 113–100 win against

Njarðvík Njarðvík () is a town in southwestern Iceland, on the peninsula of Reykjanes. As of 2009, its population was 4,400. History In 1995 it merged with the town of Keflavík and the village of Hafnir to form the new municipality of Reykjanesbær. ...

in the Icelandic Super Cup.

Professional career statistics

Baltic Basketball League

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BK Jēkabpils BK Jēkabpils is a professional basketball club based in Jēkabpils, Latvia, playing in the Latvian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League. It was founded in 2012 and since then the club is playing in LBL higher division. The club's hom ...

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International career

Rutkauskas was in the preselection squad of Lithuania under-19 for the

2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship The 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Latvian: 2011. gada FIBA pasaules čempionāts līdz 19 gadu vecumam) was the 10th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested b ...

. He scored 5 points in a friendly game against LKKA Atletas, before being cut off the tournament's final squad. He was also in the preselection of Lithuania under-20 for the

2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 15th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. 16 teams featured in the competition, held in Slovenia from 12 to 22 July 2012. Lithuania won the title for the second time. Participating ...

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profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Rutkauskas, Ronaldas 1992 births Living people CEP Lorient players Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players KK Pärnu players Koroivos B.C. players Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Estonia Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Iceland Lithuanian men's basketball players 21st-century Lithuanian sportsmen Power forwards Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players Þór Þorlákshöfn (basketball club) players 08 Stockholm Human Rights players ETHA Engomis players