{{Short description|Lithuanian basketball player}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox basketball biography | image = Simas Galdikas (Neptunas, 2015) (cropped).jpg | caption = Galdikas shooting free throws in 2015 | name = Simas Galdikas | position = Center / power forward | number = | height_m = 2.03 | weight_kg = 118 | league = | team = | nationality = Lithuanian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|1|03|df=y}} | birth_place = Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | college = | draft_year = 2009 | career_start = 2006 | career_end = 2022 | years1 = 2006–2007 | team1 = Nafta-Uni-Laivitė Klaipėda | years2 = 2009–2012 | team2 = Neptūnas Klaipėda | years3 = 2012 | team3 = Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | years4 = 2012–2015 | team4 = Neptūnas Klaipėda | years5 = 2015–2016 | team5 = Steaua CSM EximBank Bucharest | years6 = 2016–2017 | team6 = Lietkabelis Panevėžys | years7 = 2017–2021 | team7 = Neptūnas Klaipėda | years8 = 2021–2022 | team8 = BC Gargždai-SC | highlights = }}
'''Simonas Galdikas''' (born 3 January 1987) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player who last played for BC Gargždai-SC of the Lithuanian National Basketball League.<ref>{{cite web|title=Žaidėjai – Simas Galdikas|url=https://www.basketnews.lt/zaidejai/6560-simas-galdikas.html|website=kklietkabelis.lt|accessdate=29 September 2016|language=lt-LT}}</ref>
==Playing career== Galdikas joined Neptūnas Klaipėda in 2009, after showing good performance in Lithuania's second strongest basketball league – NKL playing for Nafta-Uni-Laivitė Klaipėda scoring 9.2 points and 5.6 rebounds in his last season at the team. While playing for the latter, he was working as a security guard in a shopping mall.
On 1 August 2016, Galdikas signed with Lietkabelis Panevėžys.<ref>{{cite web|title=Priekinę liniją sustiprino S.Galdikas|url=http://www.kklietkabelis.lt/priekine-linija-sustiprino-s-galdikas/|website=kklietkabelis.lt|accessdate=29 September 2016|language=lt-LT|date=31 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lietkabelis lands veteran big man Galdikas|url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/767mntrxlh53ungv/lietkabelis-lands-veteran-big-man-galdikas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003074723/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/767mntrxlh53ungv/lietkabelis-lands-veteran-big-man-galdikas|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 October 2016|website=eurocupbasketball.com|accessdate=29 September 2016|date=1 August 2016}}</ref>
On 22 August 2017, Galdikas signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda for a two-year contract. During the 2020-21 season he averaged 6.4 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. On 8 September 2021, Galdikas signed with BC Gargždai-SC of the Lithuanian National Basketball League.<ref>{{cite web |title=Simas Galdikas joins Gargzdu |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Lithuania/news/703956/Simas-Galdikas-joins-Gargzdu |website=Eurobasket |access-date=8 September 2021 |date=8 September 2021}}</ref>
==Euroleague career statistics== {{Euroleague player statistics legend}} {{Euroleague player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15 | style="text-align:left;"| Neptūnas | 10 || 9 || 19.2 || .632 || .000 || .750 || 4.7 || .9 || .8 || .3 || 6.0 || 7.8 |- class="sortbottom" | colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| Career | 10 || 9 || 19.2 || .632 || .000 || .750 || 4.7 || .9 || .8 || .3 || 6.0 || 7.8 {{S-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110920231202/http://www.lkl.lt/en/player/simas-galdikas/ Simas Galdikas] at LKL website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Galdikas, Simas}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Centers (basketball) Category:Lithuanian men's basketball players Category:21st-century Lithuanian sportsmen Category:BC Neptūnas players Category:Power forwards Category:Basketball players from Klaipėda Category:BC Lietkabelis players Category:CSA Steaua București basketball players