{{Short description|Lithuanian basketball player (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox basketball biography |image = Julius Jucikas.jpg |caption = |name = Julius Jucikas |position = Center |number = |height_ft = 6 |height_in = 8.5 |weight_lb = 266 |league = Nacionalinė krepšinio lyga (NKL) |team = BC Šilutė |team_link = |nationality = Lithuanian |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|10|20|df=y}} |birth_place = Šilutė, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |college = |career_start = 2009 |years1 = 2009–2010 |team1 = Šilutė |years2 = 2010–2011 |team2 = Šiauliai |years3 = 2011–2012 |team3 = →University of Šiauliai-ABRO Šiauliai |years4 = 2012–2015 |team4 = Šiauliai |years5 = 2015–2017 |team5 = Lietuvos rytas Vilnius |years6 = 2016 |team6 = →Dzūkija Alytus |years7 = 2017–2018 |team7 = BK Ventspils |years8= 2018–2019 |team8= Aomori Wat's |years9= 2019–2020 |team9= Juventus Utena |years10= 2021 |team10= Nevėžis-OPTIBET |years11= 2021–2022 |team11= Neptūnas Klaipėda |years12= 2022 |team12= Stjarnan |years13= 2022–2023 |team13= Pieno žvaigždės |years14= 2023 |team14= BC Gargždai-SC | years15 = 2023 | team15 = Mes Rafsanjan | years16= 2023-2024 | team16 = Prawira Bandung | years17 = 2024-2025 | team17 = BC Olimpas Palanga | years18 = 2025-present | team18 = BC Šilutė |highlights = *Latvian League champion (2018) }}
'''Julius Jucikas''' (born 20 October 1989) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. Standing at {{height|ft=6|in=8.5}}, he plays at the center position.<ref>{{cite web|title=Julius Jucikas|url=http://www.lkl.lt/zaidejas/1792559/|website=LKL.lt|accessdate=16 July 2017|language=lt-LT}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Julius Jucikas / Žaidėjai|url=https://www.basketnews.lt/zaidejai/6945-julius-jucikas.html|website=BasketNews.lt|accessdate=16 July 2017|language=lt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Julius Jucikas Player Profile|url=http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Julius-Jucikas/Summary/28298|website=basketball.realgm.com|accessdate=16 July 2017}}</ref>
==Playing career== A 19-year-old Jucikas started his career with Šilutė of the NKL in 2009.
On 6 July 2015, Jucikas signed with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jucikas pasirašė sutartį su "Lietuvos rytu"|url=https://www.basketnews.lt/news-86998-jucikas-pasirase-sutarti-su-lietuvos-rytu.html|website=basketnews.lt|accessdate=12 October 2016|language=lt-LT|date=6 July 2015}}</ref> After two seasons, for both Jucikas and the club, much of which Jucikas mostly spent on the bench, his contract for the 2017–2018 season was terminated by mutual agreement with the team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Su "Lietuvos rytu" išsiskyręs Julius Jucikas: "Nebuvo verta ten likti"|url=https://www.basketnews.lt/news-111056-su-lietuvos-rytu-issiskyres-julius-jucikas-nebuvo-verta-ten-likti.html|website=BasketNews.lt|accessdate=1 July 2017|language=lt}}</ref>
On 15 July 2017, he signed with BK Ventspils.<ref>{{cite web|title=Julius Jucikas apsivilks "Ventspils" marškinėlius|url=https://www.basketnews.lt/news-111470-julius-jucikas-apsivilks-ventspils-marskinelius.html|website=BasketNews.lt|accessdate=15 July 2017|language=lt}}</ref> He helped Ventspils win the Latvian championship.
In August 2022, Jucikas signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Stjarnan.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Davíð Eldur |title=Julius Jucikas til Stjörnunnar |url=https://www.karfan.is/2022/08/julius-%ef%bf%bcjucikas-til-stjornunnar/ |access-date=28 August 2022 |work=Karfan.is |date=25 August 2022 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> He left Stjarnan in end of December after averaging 14.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in 11 games.<ref>{{cite news |title=Besti maður Stjörnunnar á förum |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2022/12/29/besti_madur_stjornunnar_a_forum/ |access-date=30 December 2022 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=29 December 2022 |language=Icelandic}}</ref>
== Personal life == His younger brother Matas Jucikas is also a professional basketball player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matas Jucikas trejus metus atstovaus "Neptūnui"|url=http://www.bcneptunas.lt/lt/titulinis/item/1234-matas-jucikas-trejus-metus-atstovaus-nept%C5%ABnui|website=www.bcneptunas.lt|language=lt-lt}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jucikas, Julius}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Aomori Wat's players Category:BC Juventus Category:BC Rytas players Category:BK Ventspils players Category:Centers (basketball) Category:Lithuanian men's basketball players Category:21st-century Lithuanian sportsmen Category:Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Category:Power forwards Category:Stjarnan (men's basketball) players Category:Prawira Bandung players Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Lithuania Category:Summer World University Games medalists in basketball Category:Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players Category:Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Latvia Category:Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Japan Category:Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Iceland Category:Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
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