{{Short description|Lithuanian basketball player (born 1994)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Matas Jucikas | image = | caption = | number = | league = Nacionalinė krepšinio lyga (NKL) | team = Sudūva-Mantinga | position = Center | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8.75 | weight_lb = 200 | nationality = Lithuanian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|2|10}} | birth_place = Šilutė, Lithuania | college = | draft_year = 2016 | career_start = 2013 | team1 = Olimpas Plungė | years1 = 2013–2014 | team2 = BC Barsy Atyrau | years2 = 2014–2015 | team3 = BC Palanga | years3 = 2015–2016 | team4 = Neptūnas Klaipėda | years4 = 2016–2018 | team5 = →BC Šiauliai | years5 = 2016–2017 | team6 = Jūrmala | years6 = 2018 | team7 = BC Kuršiai | years7 = 2018-2019 | team8 = Nevėžis Kėdainiai | years8 = 2019–2020 | team9 = Dzūkija Alytus | years9 = 2020–2021 | team10 = BC Nevėžis | years10 = 2021–2022 | team11 = BK Ogre | years11 = 2022 | team12 = Gifu Swoops | years12 = 2022–2023 | team13 = BK Ogre | years13 = 2023–2024 | team14 = Sūduva-Mantinga | years14 = 2024-present
| highlights = }} '''Matas Jucikas''' (born February 10, 1994) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who last played for Gifu Swoops of the Japanese B.League.
== Professional career == On August 10, 2016, Jucikas signed a three-year deal with Neptūnas Klaipėda of the Lithuanian Basketball League.<ref>{{cite web|title="Neptūnas" su Matu Juciku pasirašė ilgalaikę sutartį|url=https://www.basketnews.lt/news-100388-neptunas-su-matu-juciku-pasirase-ilgalaike-sutarti.html|website=BasketNews.lt|language=lt}}</ref> On November 12, 2016, he was lent to BC Šiauliai, but was recalled to the team on January 13, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title="Neptūnas" Matą Juciką skolina "Šiauliams"|url=https://www.basketnews.lt/news-103214-neptunas-mata-jucika-skolina-siauliams.html|website=BasketNews.lt|accessdate=12 November 2016|language=lt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title="Neptūnas" iš "Šiaulių" susigrąžino Matą Juciką|url=https://www.basketnews.lt/news-105528-neptunas-is-siauliu-susigrazino-mata-jucika.html|website=BasketNews.lt|accessdate=13 January 2017|language=lt}}</ref>
On September 5, 2019, he has signed with Nevėžis Kėdainiai of the Lithuanian Basketball League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kknevezis.lt/komandos-priekine-linija-stiprina-matas-jucikas/|title=Komandos priekinę liniją stiprina Matas Jucikas|last=|first=|date=September 5, 2019|website=BC Nevėžis Official website |publisher=|language=Lithuanian|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref>
On January 21, 2022, he has signed with BK Ogre of the Latvijas Basketbola līga (LBL).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/sportas/10/1594922/kedainiu-ekipa-palikes-matas-jucikas-keliasi-i-latvija|title=Kėdainių ekipą palikęs Matas Jucikas keliasi į Latviją|last=|first=|date=January 21, 2022|website=|publisher=lrt.lt|language=lt|access-date=January 26, 2022}}</ref>
On August 25, 2022, Jucikas signed with Gifu Swoops of the Japanese B.League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gifu-swoops.com/2022/08/25/25-matasjucikas/|title=#25 MATAS JUCIKAS（マタス・ユツィカス）選手 契約(新規)合意のお知らせ|publisher=Gifu Swoops|language=Japanese|date=August 25, 2022|access-date=December 22, 2022}}</ref>
== Personal life == His older brother Julius 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|access-date=2017-07-16|archive-date=2016-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828013415/http://www.bcneptunas.lt/lt/titulinis/item/1234-matas-jucikas-trejus-metus-atstovaus-nept%C5%ABnui|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jucikas, Matas}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:BK Jūrmala players Category:BC Nevėžis players Category:BC Neptūnas players Category:BC Šiauliai players Category:Centers (basketball) Category:Gifu Swoops players Category:Lithuanian men's basketball players Category:21st-century Lithuanian sportsmen Category:People from Šilutė Category:Basketball players from Klaipėda County Category:BC Barsy Atyrau players Category:BK Ogre players
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