Gilvydas Biruta


Gilvydas Biruta is a professional Lithuanian basketball player, who lastly played for Lietkabelis Panevėžys. He plays at the power forward position.

Professional career

After graduating University of Rhode Island, Biruta been a part of Denver Nuggets during the 2015 NBA Summer League.
On August 5, 2015, Biruta signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda.
On February 24, 2016, Biruta signed with Lavrio of the Greek Basket League. In five games Biruta averaged 3.4 points and 2.2 rebounds. On August 30, 2016, he signed with Aries Trikala. In March 2017, he moved to Assigeco Piacenza of the Serie A2.
On July 4, 2017, Biruta signed with JL Bourg-en-Bresse of the Pro A.

National team career

Biruta led the Lithuanian U-16 National Team to the bronze medals in the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship by averaging 14.6 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.3 blocks. He also been a part of Lithuanian U-18 team twice. First time he won silver medal with the Donatas Motiejūnas' led U-18 National Team. During his second appearance, Lithuanians finished fourth. Though, the successful youth national team years ended painfully when the U-20 team he represented suffered an fiasco, finishing only 14th in the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.