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{{Short description|Lithuanian basketball player}}

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| name = Saulius Štombergas

{{MedalBronze| [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}

| image = Saulius Stombergas by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg

{{MedalBronze| [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}

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| caption = Štombergas, while [[basketball coach|coaching]], in 2013.

{{MedalSilver| [[Eurobasket 1995|1995 Athens]] |[[Lithuania national basketball team|Lithuania]]}}

| height_ft = 6

{{MedalGold| [[Eurobasket 2003|2003 Sweden]] | [[Lithuania national basketball team|Lithuania]]}}

| height_in = 8.5

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| weight_lbs = 220

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|12|14}}

| birth_place = [[Klaipėda]], Lithuania <!-- Do not change to Soviet Union. The subject of Lithuania's incorporation into the USSR is controversial, and there is currently no consensus on Wikipedia whether to include people from the Baltic states as Soviet-born or not. For example, according to the official NBA website Arvydas Sabonis (Lithuanian and Soviet national teams player) is from Lithuania, not Lithuanian SSR or Soviet Union: https://www.nba.com/stats/player/717/career -->

| career_start = 1992

| career_end = 2010

| career_number = 7

| career_position = [[Small forward]]

| coach_start = 2011

| coach_end = 2014

| years1 = 1992–1993

| team1 = [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris Kaunas]]

| years2 = 1993–1997

| team2 = [[KK Atletas|Atletas Kaunas]]

| years3 = 1996–1997

| team3 = [[Shanghai Sharks]]

| years4 = 1997–1999

| team4 = Žalgiris Kaunas

| years5 = 1999–2000

| team5 = [[Virtus Bologna|Kinder Bologna]]

| years6 = 2000–2001

| team6 = [[Saski Baskonia|TAU Cerámica Vitoria]]

| years7 = 2001–2002

| team7 = [[Efes Pilsen S.K.|Efes Pilsen Istanbul]]

| years8 = 2002–2003

| team8 = Žalgiris Kaunas

| years9 = 2003–2004

| team9 = [[BC UNICS|Unics Kazan]]

| years10 = 2004–2005

| team10 = [[Ülker G.S.K.|Ülker Istanbul]]

| years11 = 2005–2007

| team11 = Unics Kazan

| years12 = 2007–2008

| team12 = [[BC Palanga|Naglis-Adakris Palanga]]

| years13 = 2009–2010

| team13 = Unics Kazan

| cyears1 = 2011

| cteam1 = [[BC Žalgiris-2|Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school Kaunas]]

| cyears2 = 2011–2013

| cteam2 = [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris Kaunas]] (assistant)

| cyears3 = 2013–2014

| cteam3 = Žalgiris Kaunas

| highlights =

'''As player:'''

* [[EuroLeague]] champion ([[1998–99 FIBA Euroleague|1999]])

* [[FIBA EuroStar]] (1998)

* [[FIBA Saporta Cup]] champion ([[1997–98 FIBA EuroCup|1998]])

* [[FIBA Saporta Cup Finals MVP]] ([[1997–98 FIBA EuroCup|1998]])

* [[FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorer]] (1998)

* [[FIBA Europe League|FIBA EuroChallenge]] champion (2004)

* [[FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day|FIBA EuroChallenge All-Star]] (2004)

* [[Liga ACB|Spanish]] All-Star Game (2001)

* [[Turkish Basketball Super League|Turkish League]] champion (2002)

* 2× [[Turkish Basketball Cup|Turkish Cup]] winner (2002, 2005)

* [[Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup|Turkish Super Cup]] winner (2004)

* [[Turkish Basketball Super League|Turkish]] All-Star Game (2005)

* 3× [[Lithuanian Basketball League|Lithuanian LKL League]] champion (1998, 1999, 2003)

* 5× [[LKL All-Star Game|Lithuanian All-Star Game]] (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003)

* [[LKL All-Star Game MVP|Lithuanian All-Star Game MVP]] (1995)

* [[North European Basketball League|North European League]] champion (1999)

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{{MedalBronze| [[2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship|2015 Greece]] | Under-18}}

{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}

{{MedalBronze| [[Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996 Atlanta]] | }}

{{MedalBronze| [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000 Sydney]] | }}

{{MedalCompetition|[[EuroBasket]]}}

{{MedalSilver| [[EuroBasket 1995|1995 Athens]] | }}

{{MedalGold| [[EuroBasket 2003|2003 Sweden]] | }}

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'''Saulius Štombergas''' (born [[December 14]], [[1973]]) in is a retired Lithuanian professional [[Klaipėdabasketball]] player, basketball [[Lithuanianbasketball SSRcoach|coach]], [[Sovietand Union]])businessman. Štombergas is awidely formerconsidered [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]]to [[basketball]]be player foramong the [[Lithuaniagreatest nationalLithuanian basketball team|Lithuanianplayers nationalof basketballall team]]time, currently playingknown for his leadership and [[UNICS3 Kazanpoint shot|BC UNICS3-point]] inshooting [[Russia]]ability.

==Professional career==

During the 11 years as a Lithuanian international he played 97 official games and scored 1036 points for his home country. He won two Bronze medals at the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000, a Silver medal at the European Championship in [[Athens]] and as a captain of the NT became champion of the same competition in 2003 in [[Sweden]].

Štombergas' [[sports club|club]] teams during his playing career, were, in the order in which he played for them: [[KK Atletas|Atletas Kaunas]], [[Shanghai Sharks|Vostok Shanghai]] ([[Chinese Basketball Association|Chinese CBA]]), [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris Kaunas]], [[Virtus Bologna|Kinder Bologna]], [[Saski Baskonia|TAU Cerámica Vitoria]], [[Efes Pilsen S.K.|Efes Pilsen Istanbul]], [[BC UNICS|Unics Kazan]], and [[Ülker G.S.K.|Ülker Istanbul]]. He holds the record in the EuroLeague, since the year 2000, for the [[EuroLeague records since the 2000–01 season|most 3-point field goals made in a game, without a miss]].

==National team career==

==Awards/achievements==

Štombergas played for the senior men's [[Lithuania men's national basketball team|Lithuanian national basketball team]], from 1995 to 2004.

*Lithuanian National Team 1994 to 2004

*European Championships [[Eurobasket 1995|1995]] (Finalist),1997, 1999, 2001, [[Eurobasket 2003|2003]] (Champion)

*Olympic Games 1996, 2000, 2004

*Goodwill Games 1998

*Lithuanian [[LKL]] All-Star Game 1996, 2003

*[[Eurobasket.com]] All-Lithuania 1st Team 1996

*[[LKL|Lithuanian League]] Champion 1998, 1999

*[[NEBL]] Champion 1999

*[[Euroleague]] Champion with [[BC Zalgiris|Žalgiris Kaunas]] in 1999

*Euro All-Star Game - Berlin [[1998]]

*Italian Cup Finalist 2000

*Spanish [[Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto|ACB]] All-Star Game 2001

*[[ULEB]] [[Euroleague]] Finalist 2001

*Spanish [[Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto|ACB]] All-Bosman Team 2001

*Spanish ACB FinalFour 2001

*[[Turkish Basketball League|Turkish League]] Regular Season Champion 2002

*Turkish Cup Winner 2002

During the 11 years that he played as a Lithuanian international [[national team]] player, he played in 97 official [[cap (sports)|games]], and scored 1,036 points, for his home country. He won two bronze medals at the [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympic Games]], in [[Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996]], and [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000]]. He also won a silver medal at the [[EuroBasket 1995]], and as the [[captain (sports)|captain]] of the senior national team, he won the gold medal of the same competition, in [[EuroBasket 2003|2003]].<ref>[http://www.eurobasket.com/European-Championships/Rosters/basketball_2003.asp European Championships rosters 2003.]</ref> He was also named to the [[FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team|All-Tournament Team]].

His former teams in the order he played for:

[[KK Atletas|Atletas]] ([[Kaunas]]), Vostok Shanghai ([[China]]), [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris Kaunas]], [[Kinder Bologna]], [[Saski Baskonia|TAU Cerámica]], [[Efes Pilsen S.K.|Efes Pilsen]], [[UNICS Kazan|BC UNICS]], [[Fenerbahçe Ülkerspor|Ülker]].

He also played at the [[EuroBasket 1997]], the [[1998 FIBA World Championship]], the [[EuroBasket 1999]], the [[EuroBasket 2001]], and the [[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2004 Summer Olympic Games]]. He was the [[List of flag bearers for Lithuania at the Olympics|flag bearer]] for [[Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Team Lithuania]], at the [[2004 Summer Olympic Games|2004 Olympics]].

==Coaching career==

After he retired from playing professional basketball, Štombergas began his career as a [[basketball coach]] in 2011. He worked as a head coach for [[BC Žalgiris-2]] in the NKL, before joining [[BC Žalgiris]] as an assistant coach for the 2012-2013 season. He briefly served as head coach in the 2013-2014 season, before resigning in April after disappointing results.

==Career player statistics==

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===EuroLeague===

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|-

| style="text-align:left;"| [[2000–01 Euroleague|2000–01]]

| style="text-align:left;"| [[TAU Cerámica]]

| '''22''' || 20 || 27.2 || '''.520''' || '''.512''' || .827 || 2.4 || .7 || .9 || '''.2''' || 12.0 || 10.5

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001–02 Euroleague|2001–02]]

| style="text-align:left;"| [[Efes Pilsen SK|Efes Pilsen]]

| 20 || 19 || 27.3 || .493 || .487 || .770 || 3.0 || 1.2 || '''1.6''' || .1 || 11.6 || 10.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| [[2002–03 Euroleague|2002–03]]

| style="text-align:left;"| [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris]]

| 14 || 13 || '''30.0''' || .475 || .415 || '''.886''' || '''4.1''' || '''1.3''' || .6 || .1 ||''' 13.6''' || '''12.1'''

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| [[2004–05 Euroleague|2004–05]]

| style="text-align:left;"| [[Ülkerspor|Ülker]]

| '''22''' || '''22''' || 29.5 || .405 || .299 || .838 || 3.5 || 1.0 || 1.3 || .1 || 10.3 || 7.9

|-class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 78 || 74 || 28.5 || .469 || .420 || .825 || 3.2 || 1.0 || 1.2 || .1 || 11.7 || 10.0

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==Awards and honors==

===As a player===

===Pro clubs===

* 5× [[LKL All-Star Game|Lithuanian All-Star Game]]: 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003

* [[LKL All-Star Game MVP|Lithuanian All-Star Game MVP]]: 1995

* [[FIBA Saporta Cup]] Champion: [[1997–98 FIBA EuroCup|1998]]

* [[FIBA Saporta Cup Finals MVP]]: [[1997–98 FIBA EuroCup|1998]]

* [[FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorer]]: [[1997–98 FIBA EuroCup|1998]]

* 3× [[Lithuanian Basketball League|Lithuanian League]] [[LKL Finals|Champion]]: 1998, 1999, 2003

* [[FIBA EuroStar]]: 1998

* [[North European Basketball League|North European League]] Champion: 1999

* [[EuroLeague champion]]: [[1998–99 FIBA Euroleague|1999]]

* [[Liga ACB|Spanish League]] All-Star Game: 2001

* 2× [[Turkish Basketball Cup|Turkish Cup]] Winner: 2002, 2005

* [[Turkish Basketball Super League|Turkish League]] Champion: 2002

* [[FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day|FIBA Europe League (FIBA EuroChallenge) All-Star]]: 2004

* [[FIBA EuroChallenge|FIBA Europe League (FIBA EuroChallenge)]] Champion: 2004

* [[Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup|Turkish Super Cup]] Winner: 2004

* [[Turkish Basketball Super League|Turkish League]] All-Star Game: 2005

===Lithuanian senior national team===

*[[1995 EuroBasket]]: {{silver medal}}

*[[Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996 Summer Olympic Games]]: {{bronze medal}}

*[[1998 Goodwill Games]]: {{bronze medal}}

*[[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000 Summer Olympic Games]]: {{bronze medal}}

*[[2003 EuroBasket]]: {{gold medal}}

*[[2003 EuroBasket]]: [[FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team|All-Tournament Team]]

==References==

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== External links ==

*[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=AJH#!careerstats Euroleague.net Profile]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161010040105/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/saulius%20stombergas/pid//_//players.html FIBA Profile]

*[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Saulius-Stombergas/Lithuania/Zeimena-Pabrades/22118? Eurobasket.com Profile]

*[http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=A5M Spanish League Profile] {{in lang|es}}

*[http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=STO-SAU-73 Italian League Profile] {{in lang|it}}

*[https://www.tblstat.net/player/242 Turkish League Profile]

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| before = [[Romas Ubartas]]

| title = [[List of flag bearers for Lithuania at the Olympics|Flagbearer]] for {{LIT}}

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