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Darius Songaila

Lithuanian basketball player (born 1978)
Person Human Q380006

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
February 14, 1978
Place of birth
Marijampolė
Country of citizenship
Lithuania[5]
Occupation
basketball player, basketball coach
Educated at
New Hampton School, Wake Forest University[6][7]
Award received
Commander's Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Grand Officer of the Order for Merits to Lithuania[8][9][10]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Lithuanian[32]
Country for sport
Lithuania[33]
Drafted by
Boston Celtics[21]
End of work period
2015[36]
Family name
Songaila[22]
Given name
Darius[23]
Height
+206[37]
League or competition
NCAA Division I men's basketball, National Basketball Association[17]
Mass
+113[38]
Member of sports team
PBC CSKA Moscow, BC Donetsk, Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia 76ers, New Orleans Pelicans, BC Rytas, Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball[12][13][14][15][16]
Name in native language
Darius Songaila[34]
Participant in
2012 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket 2001, EuroBasket 2003, EuroBasket 2007, FIBA EuroBasket 2011, 2006 FIBA World Championship[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Position played on team / speciality
power forward, center[18][19]
Sport
basketball[20]
Start of work period
2002[35]
🏷️ Also known as
en Darius Songaila ar داريوس سونجيلا fa داریوش سانگایلا he דריוס סונגאילה ja ダリアス・ソンガイラ ja ダリウス・ソンガイラ ja ダリュス・ソンガイラ ko 다리우스 송가일라 ko 다류스 송가일라 ru Дариус Сонгайла ru Darius Songaila ru Дарюс Сонгайла ru Сонгайла Д. ru Сонгайла Дариус ru Сонгайла, Дариус ru Сонгайла Дарюс ru Сонгайла, Дарюс zh 达瑞斯·桑贾拉 zh 達柳斯·桑蓋拉 zh-hant 達瑞斯·桑賈拉
🔖 Identifiers · 32
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Darius Songaila Wizards.jpg ↗
ACB.com player ID
20210213
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
darius-songaila
Basketball Reference NBA coach ID
songada01c
Basketball Reference NBA player ID
s/songada01
Basketball Reference international player ID
darius-songaila-1
ESPN.com NBA player ID
1784
Eurobasket.com coach ID
50695
Eurobasket.com player ID
20259
Euroleague.net player ID
bcp
FIBA.basketball people ID
124348
FIBA.com player ID (archived)
24988
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FIP.IT basketball player ID
2973
Freebase ID
/m/054mq8
HAND ID
60A1-9301-6254-3986-8797
Instagram username
dariussongaila
InterSportStats athlete ID
3000391059
JRC Names ID
335194
LKL player ID
darius-songaila
Lithuanian National Olympic Committee athlete ID
darius-songaila-2, darius-songaila
NBA.com player ID
2443
Olympedia people ID
82773
Olympics.com athlete ID
darius-songaila
Prabook ID
2531621
Proballers ID
7003
RealGM basketball player ID
222
RealGM basketball staff ID
23252
Sports Reference college basketball player ID
darius-songaila-1
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived)
so/darius-songaila-1
TBLStat.net player ID
2204
The Draft Review ID
947
Trading Card Database name ID
31554

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🔗 Connections
Participant in 8
2012 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, FIBA EuroBasket 2011, 2006 FIBA World Championship, EuroBasket 2007, EuroBasket 2001, EuroBasket 2003
Member of sports team 6
Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia 76ers, New Orleans Pelicans, PBC CSKA Moscow, BC Rytas, BC Donetsk
Occupation 2
basketball player, basketball coach
Position played on team / speciality 2
power forward, center
Country for sport 1
Lithuania
Country of citizenship 1
Lithuania
Drafted by 1
Boston Celtics
Educated at 1
Wake Forest University
Family name 1
Songaila
Given name 1
Darius
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Lithuanian
League or competition 1
National Basketball Association
Place of birth 1
Marijampolė
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
basketball
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Summary

Darius Songaila was born on February 14, 1978[1], in Marijampolė[2]. He has worked as a basketball player[3] and basketball coach[4].

FAQs

Where was Darius Songaila born?

Darius Songaila was born in Marijampolė[2].

What did Darius Songaila do for work?

Darius Songaila worked as a basketball player[3] and basketball coach[4].

Where did Darius Songaila go to school?

Darius Songaila was educated at New Hampton School[6] and Wake Forest University[7].

What awards did Darius Songaila receive?

Honors received include Commander's Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas[8], Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas[9], and Grand Officer of the Order for Merits to Lithuania[10].

Related Entities

Lithuania Marijampolė Wake Forest University

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . RealGM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  19. [1] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . Basketball Reference. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → Commander's Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand, Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gedimina, Grand Officer of the Order for Merits to Lithuania
    "Changed claim qualifiers: Lithuanian National Olympic Committee athlete ID: darius-songaila-2, Changing http://web.archive.org/ URLs to https (×1). See r…"
  2. 18w ago · Toghrul R · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name in native language → Darius Songaila
    "Created claim: Name in native language: Darius Songaila"
  3. 27w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → New Hampton School, Wake Forest University
    Sport → basketball
    League or competition → NCAA Division I men's basketball, National Basketball Association
    Instance of → human
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed labels, descriptions or aliases: import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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