{{short description|Lithuanian basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | image = | name = Marius Runkauskas | position = Shooting guard | height_m = 1.89 | weight_kg = 78 | league = Nacionalinė krepšinio lyga (NKL) | team = Neptūnas-Akvaservis | number = | nationality = Lithuanian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|5|20}} | birth_place = Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | highschool = | college = | draft = | draft_year = 2008 | draft_team = | career_start = 2003 | career_end = | years1 = 2003–2007 | team1 = Nafta-Uni-Laivitė Klaipėda | years2 = 2007–2008 | team2 = Neptūnas Klaipėda | years3 = 2008–2009 | team3 = Sūduva Marijampolė | years4 = 2009 | team4 = ASK Riga | years5 = 2009–2011 | team5 = UJAP Quimper | years6 = 2011–2014 | team6 = Neptūnas Klaipėda | years7 = 2014–2015 | team7 = CSU Asesoft Ploiești | years8 = 2015–2016 | team8 = Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | years9 = 2016–2018 | team9 = Steaua București | years10 = 2018–2021 | team10 = Juventus Utena | years11 = 2021–2023 | team11 = Gargždai-SC | years12 = 2023-2024 | team12 = BC Olimpas Palanga | years13 = 2024-present | team13 = Klaipėdos Neptūnas-Akvaservis | highlights = * 3× LKL Three-point Shootout champion (2008, 2013–2014) * LKL All-Star (2014) * King Mindaugas Cup winner (2016) * Romanian League MVP (2015) * Romanian League Finals MVP (2015) * Romanian League Three-point Shootout champion (2015) }} '''Marius Runkauskas''' (born May 20, 1986) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays primarily at the shooting guard position, but he can also play point guard, if needed.
==Early years== Runkauskas played in the Lithuanian Pupils Basketball League (MKL), for the V. Chomičius basketball school.
==Professional career== Runkauskas started his professional basketball career in the Klaipėda, NKL (Lithuanian 2nd Division) team, Nafta-Uni-Laivitė, in 2003. After he became a champion of the NKL, in 2007, with Nafta-Uni-Laivitė, Klaipėda's strongest basketball club invited him to join their team. He averaged 8.8 points, 1.0 assists, and 1.5 rebounds per game.
The next year, he joined BC Sūduva, and in January 2009, he left the club, and joined the Latvian basketball team ASK Riga.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/latvia/75418/ask-riga-crazy-on-the-market.html ASK Riga crazy on the market]</ref> In the following season, he averaged 16.9 points, 3.9 assists, and 3.3 rebounds per game. After the season, he joined UJAP Quimper, playing in the French 2nd Division.<ref>[http://www.letelegramme.com/sports/basket/pro-b-l-ujap-quimper-clot-son-recrutement-marius-runkauskas-et-jeff-fahnbulleh-pour-finir-17-08-2009-512298.php L'Ujap Quimper clôt son recrutement Marius Runkauskas et Jeff Fahnbulleh pour finir]</ref> With UJAP, he averaged 14.1 points, 1.6 assists, and 2.6 rebounds per game.
In June 2011, he returned to BC Neptūnas, and signed a two-year contract with the team.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/lithuania/86543/neptunas-tabs-marius-runkauskas.html Neptunas tabs Marius Runkauskas]</ref> In July 2014, he moved to Romania, and signed a one-year deal with CSU Asesoft Ploiești.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140726025845/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/139742/3735 CSU Asesoft Ploiesti tabs shooter Runkauskas]</ref> In June 2015, he signed a two-year (1+1) deal with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius.<ref>{{cite web|title="Lietuvos rytas" sukirto rankomis su Runkausku ir neigia gandus apie kardinalias permainas klube|url=http://www.basketnews.lt/news-86151-lietuvos-rytas-sukirto-rankomis-su-runkausku-ir-neigia-gandus-apie-kardinalias-permainas-klube.html|website=BasketNews.lt|accessdate=8 June 2015}}</ref>
==International career== In 2015, Runkauskas was included into the senior Lithuanian national team extended candidates list, by the team's head coach, Jonas Kazlauskas.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paviešintas Lietuvos rinktinės kandidatų sąrašas|url=http://www.delfi.lt/sportas/krepsinis/paviesintas-lietuvos-rinktines-kandidatu-sarasas.d?id=67883256|website=Delfi.lt|accessdate=5 May 2015}}</ref> He also participated in the Lithuanian national team's training camp, but he was cut from the national team on August 16.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Augustis|first1=Mindaugas|title=J. Kazlauskas atsisakė pirmųjų krepšininkų paslaugų|url=http://www.delfi.lt/sportas/eurobasket/j-kazlauskas-atsisake-pirmuju-krepsininku-paslaugu.d?id=68746812|website=Delfi.lt|accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref>
==Awards and achievements== *Lithuanian 2nd Division Runner-up: (2006) *Lithuanian 2nd Division Champion: (2007) *Eurobasket.com's Baltic BBL League All-Newcomers Team: (2008) *3× Lithuanian LKL League Three-point Shootout Champion: (2008, 2013, 2014)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=005025#!careerstats Euroleague.net profile] *[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Marius-Runkauskas/Romania/Steaua-CSM-EximBank-Bucuresti/69242 Eurobasket.com profile]
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