Dainius Šalenga

Dainius Šalenga

Dainius Šalenga with BC Lietkabelis jersey
No. 20 – Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas
Position	Small forward
League	Lithuanian Basketball League Baltic Basketball League
Personal information
Born	April 15, 1977 Varėna, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1999 / Undrafted
Playing career	1997–present
Career history
1997–1998	Farmeka Vilnius
1998–2000	Sakalai Vilnius
2000–2005	Žalgiris Kaunas
2005–2007	Akasvayu Girona
2007–2011	Žalgiris Kaunas
2011	Rūdupis Prienai
2011–2012	Žalgiris Kaunas
2012–2013	Budivelnyk Kiev
2013	TonyBet Prienai
2013–2014	Budivelnyk Kiev
2014–2015	Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2015–present	Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas
Career highlights and awards
6× LKL champion (2001, 2003–2005, 2012, 2013) LKL Slam Dunk Contest champion (2002) 3× BBL champion (2005, 2008, 2011) EuroChallenge champion (2007) 2× LKL All-Star (2009, 2011) UBL champion (2014)
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Lithuania European Championships 2003 Sweden National team

Dainius Šalenga (born 15 April 1977) is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas. He is a small forward known for his three–point shooting abilities and was the captain of Žalgiris Kaunas in Lithuania,^[1] but was released on January 2011.^[2] Šalenga has also represented Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Olympics in basketball.^[3]

Šalenga won the Euroleague Week-6 MVP award on December 3, 2009.^[4]

Career statistics

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

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2000–01	Žalgiris	6	1	22.1	.500	.400	.833	2.3	1.2	1.0	.2	7.3	6.7
2001–02	Žalgiris	14	10	30.2	.521	.346	.810	2.6	1.9	1.4	.4	11.7	11.3
2002–03	Žalgiris	10	6	27.1	.615	.310	.600	2.2	1.8	1.0	.4	8.4	7.2
2003–04	Žalgiris	20	16	27.3	.577	.222	.718	2.4	2.0	1.0	.2	7.9	7.6
2004–05	Žalgiris	20	19	33.5	.606	.349	.706	2.8	3.3	1.5	.3	12.0	13.1
2007–08	Žalgiris	17	2	12.4	.538	.350	.625	1.9	.3	.5	.1	3.2	3.4
2008–09	Žalgiris	10	5	26.4	.569	.239	.676	3.1	1.6	1.2	.2	11.4	10.5
2009–10	Žalgiris	16	16	27.3	.410	.411	.757	3.0	1.2	1.3	.1	10.3	9.8
2010–11	Žalgiris	10	7	20.1	.375	.267	.857	1.6	1.1	.6	.1	4.8	3.8
2011–12	Žalgiris	6	4	25.1	.444	.375	.1000	2.2	1.5	.7	.2	6.0	5.3
2013–14	Budivelnyk	7	5	24.4	.680	.333	.800	2.4	2.4	.7	.1	8.0	10.6

References

1. Kauno „Žalgiris“ nutraukė kontraktą su D. Šalenga (Lithuanian)
2. 2011-01-18 Nutraukiamas kontraktas su D.Šalenga (Lithuanian)
3. Dainius Šalenga at sports-reference.com
4. Salenga Euroleague Week 6 MVP at TalkBasket

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