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Gediminas Orelik
	Orelik with Beşiktaş in 2022
No. 17 – U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Position	Power forward
League	Liga Națională / Eurocup
Personal information
Born	14 May 1990 (age 34); Šiauliai, Lithuania
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2012: undrafted
Playing career	2006–present
Career history
2006–2010	Šiauliai
2008–2009	→Meresta Pakruojis
2010–2013	Rūdupis / TonyBet Prienai
2013–2016	Lietuvos rytas
2016–2017	Banvit
2017–2018	Reyer Venezia
2020	Šiauliai
2020–2021	Spars Sarajevo
2021–2022	Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2022–2023	Beşiktaş
2023–2024	Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2024	Juventus Utena
2024–present	U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Career highlights and awards
	All-LKL Team (2022); FIBA Europe Cup champion (2018); BCL Star Lineup Second Best Team (2017); Turkish Cup winner (2017); Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup winner (2016); 2× Lithuanian LKL All-Star (2013, 2015); Lithuanian LKL top scorer (2013); Lithuanian LKL MVP (2013); Baltic BBL MVP (2013);

Gediminas Orelik (Lithuanian: Gediminas Orelikas) (born 14 May 1990) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for U-BT Cluj-Napoca of the Romanian Liga Națională and the EuroCup. He primarily plays at power forward position.

Professional career

At the conclusion of the Lithuanian League's 2012–13 season, Orelik won the league's season MVP award, after averaging 17.1 points per game, 5.4 rebounds per game, and 21.2 efficiency points per game.^[1] On 17 May 2013, it was announced that Orelik signed with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius.^[2]

On 1 August 2016, Orelik signed with Banvit of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).^[3]^[4]

On 15 July 2017, Orelik signed with Reyer Venezia Mestre of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), for the 2017–18 season.^[5] He averaged 14.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists in the LBA, along with 14.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists in the Champions League, before suffering a season-ending knee injury in January 2018.^[6]

On 14 October 2020, Orelik signed with BC Šiauliai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).^[7]

On 11 July 2021, Orelik signed a one-year contract with Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroCup.^[8] He averaged 15.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.0 steals in 15 EuroCup games played.

On 29 July 2022, Orelik signed with Beşiktaş of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).^[9] On 16 January 2023, he left the club on a mutual agreement.^[10] On the same day, he returned to Lietkabelis Panevėžys, signing until the end of the season.^[11]

On 5 July 2024, Orelik signed a two-year deal with Juventus Utena of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).^[12] On 18 November 2024 he inked a deal with U-BT Cluj-Napoca of the Romanian Liga Națională and the EuroCup.^[13]

National team career

Lithuanian junior national team

Orelik was a part of the Lithuanian Under-16, Under-18, Under-19, and Under-20 junior national teams. In 2009, he played alongside Donatas Motiejūnas, and led Lithuania to a 9th-place finish at the Under-19 World Cup. In 2011, he won a bronze medal, while representing Lithuania at the 2011 Summer Universiade.

Lithuanian senior national team

In 2015, Orelik was included into the senior Lithuanian national team's extended candidates list.^[14] However, he was not invited into the team's training camp later on.^[15]