Simonas Serapinas (born February 24, 1982) is a Lithuanian professional

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coach and former player. Standing at , he played at the

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and

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positions.

Pro career

He started his professional career in 2000, playing for Kaunas „LKKA-Atletas". He also played in Alita Alytus and BC Nevėžis. In 2003 he started to play for Žalgiris Kaunas, for which he played until 2006. Later he played for Greek

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, Polish Prokom Trefl Sopot and Ukrainian Azovmash Mariupol, also in

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of German League. He also had stints in Neptūnas and

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. On January 15, 2015 he signed BC Mažeikiai of the

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.Simonas Serapinas leaves MBC to sign with Mazeikiai
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Career statistics

Euroleague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2003–04 , style="text-align:left;", Žalgiris , 4 , , 1 , , 7.2 , , .500 , , .000 , , .500 , , .3 , , .0 , , .5 , , .0 , , 1.3 , , 0.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2004–05 , style="text-align:left;", Žalgiris , 11 , , 4 , , 14.5 , , .333 , , .353 , , .714 , , 1.9 , , .5 , , .2 , , .0 , , 4.6 , , 1.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2005–06 , style="text-align:left;", Žalgiris , 19 , , 10 , , 20.4 , , .574 , , .417 , , .727 , , 1.9 , , 1.1 , , 1.3 , , .1 , , 8.1 , , 7.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2006–07 , style="text-align:left;",

, 19 , , 6 , , 9.2 , , .500 , , .409 , , .533 , , 1.5 , , .1 , , .3 , , .1 , , 2.7 , , 2.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2007–08 , style="text-align:left;", Aris , 11 , , 0 , , 11.5 , , .625 , , .300 , , .000 , , 1.8 , , .4 , , .2 , , .1 , , 2.5 , , 2.0

Awards and achievements

* LKL Champion - 2004, 2005 *

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Champion - 2005 * Greek A1 League 3rd place - 2007 * Polish League Champion - 2008

Notes

References

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