Tau Lydeka is a new player for Bertram Derthona
Bertram Derthona announces that he has reached an agreement with Tautvydas Lydeka, Lithuanian center born in '83 who started the season at Rasta Vechta in the Bundesliga.
In his career he boasts over 500 professional matches and a long militancy in Italy, which lasted seven years and began in Cantù where he remained from 2008 to 2010: in 2009/10 he reached the championship semi-final (with a 3-0 elimination at the hands of Siena ). After two years in Lombardy, Lydeka moved to Pesaro, where she played from 2010 to 2012: in the second year with the Marche team she reached the playoff semi-final in the Italian Cup and in the championship (where she was eliminated 3-1 by Olimpia Milano). Lydeka then returned to Pesaro in the 2015/16 season, while the following year he played for Dinamo Sassari, reaching the final of the Italian Cup (lost against Milan). In 2017/18, after starting the season in France in Limoges, he concluded the year in Brindisi, where he recorded the best scoring average of his Italian career (12.1), as well as grabbing 7.1 rebounds per game.
The other stages of his career saw him leave his homeland, Lithuania, where he played with LKKA Rustenda Kaunas, before moving to Ukraine, to BC Dnipro, where he remained from 2005 to 2007. He began the following season, 2007/08 in Holland, at Hanzevast Capitals Groningen, before moving to Olympias Patras, in Greece, and then to KK Igokea, in Bosnia, where he showed off with good performances which earned him the call from Cantù. After the four years spent between the Lombard team and Pesaro he moved to Russia, to Samara, before returning to Lithuania, to Lietuvos Rytas and Lietkabelis. The last foreign stops of his career are Sopot (Poland, in 204/15) and San Lorenzo (in Argentina, in 2015/16) and Limoges (France, 2017/18).
After starting 2018/19 in Germany, he now moves to Bertram Derthona.
These are Tau Lydeka's first words: ʺI am very happy to be back playing in Italy. From the conversations I have had in recent days I have perceived the ambition and desire to grow of Tortona, a club which, at this moment, represents the best choice for me. I am ready to help my teammates to try to achieve the best possible results.
Thus coach Marco Ramondino: ʺLydeka is a player who needs little introduction both for the career he has had and for the successful past in various Italian teams. This is an important addition for us because we believe it brings us great solidity and toughness inside the area both in attack and defense, the ability to help teammates and effectiveness in rebounding. He is highly regarded as a person and as a leader: this is another very important aspect that we considered when we decided to choose himʺ.
