Raimundas Čivilis
 Čivilis (center) as a Žalgiris member | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 November 1959 Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 27 November 2000 (aged 41) Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Listed height | 205 cm (6 ft 9 in) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1977–1990 |
| Position | Center / power forward |
| Number | 7 |
| Career history | |
| ?–1977 | Lietkabelis |
| 1977–1988 | Žalgiris |
| 1989–1990 | Dinamo Sliven |
| 1990 | BK Chemosvit |
| Career highlights | |
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Raimundas Čivilis (24 November 1959 – 27 November 2000) was a Lithuanian professional basketball player, known for his career in Žalgiris Kaunas from 1977 to 1988.
Life
Born in Panevėžys in 1959, Čivilis became a member of Žalgiris team in 1977. His early career, however, was not successful, until Vladas Garastas took the head coach's post in 1979. Garastas immediately took a liking in him and put him in the starting five. He naturally became a leader, and stayed one even after Arvydas Sabonis came to the team in 1981. In a 1985–86 FIBA European Champions Cup match in 1986, when Žalgiris was playing against Petrović's Cibona Zagreb, and Sabonis fouled out, Čivilis took over and led his team to defeat Cibona 94–91.[1]
In 1988, he left Žalgiris, played briefly in Bulgaria and Slovakia, and retired soon afterwards. In 2000, Čivilis died of tuberculosis.