# Arvydas Sabonis

> Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. Sabonis won the Euroscar six times and the Mr. Europa Award twice. He played in a variety of leagues, including the Spanish ACB League, and spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Playing the center position, Sabonis won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in South Korea, for the Soviet Union, and later earned bronze medals at the 1992 Olympic Games and 1996 Olympic Games representing Lithuania. He retired from professional basketball in 2005. Sabonis was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1986 NBA draft, but he did not play his first NBA game until 1995, at the age of 30.

*Lithuanian basketball player and executive*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/arvydas-sabonis

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Basketball Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646))
- **Category:** Basketball Players
- **Country:** Lithuania
- **Born:** 1964
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. Sabonis won the Euroscar six times and the Mr. Europa Award twice. He played in a variety of leagues, including the Spanish ACB League, and spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Playing the center position, Sabonis won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in South Korea, for the Soviet Union, and later earned bronze medals at the 1992 Olympic Games and 1996 Olympic Games representing Lithuania. He retired from professional basketball in 2005. Sabonis was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1986 NBA draft, but he did not play his first NBA game until 1995, at the age of 30.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 62.8
- **Momentum:** 15.0
- **Country rank:** #1
- **Category rank:** #91

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1816481/ (@nm1816481)

## Timeline
- **2006** - Order of Friendship
- **2004** - Euroleague MVP
- **2003** - BC Žalgiris
- **2002** - Portland Trail Blazers
- **2001** - Silver Olympic Order
- **2001** - BC Žalgiris
- **1995** - Portland Trail Blazers
- **1992** - Real Madrid Baloncesto
- **1989** - CB Valladolid
- **1985** - Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
- **1981** - BC Žalgiris
- **1964** - Born

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