Valdemaras Chomičius

Valdemaras Chomičius (also known as Valdemaras Homicius; born 4 May 1959) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player for the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball team, and an assistant coach for the Lithuanian national team.

Valdemaras Chomičius

Chomičius in 2011
Personal information
Born	(1959-05-04) 4 May 1959 Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Career information
Playing career	1978–2001
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Coaching career	1996–present
Career history
As player:
1978–1989	Žalgiris Kaunas
1989–1990	Forum Valladolid
1990–1991	Aprimatic Bologna
1991–1992	CAI Zaragoza
1992	Castors Braine
1992–1993	Charleroi
1993–1994	Castors Braine
1994–1995	Marbella
1995	Torremolinos
1995–1996	Mažeikiai
1996–1997	Olimpas Žemaitija
1998–1999	Kraitenė Marijampolė
2000–2001	Ural Great Perm
As coach:
1996–1998	Olimpas Žemaitija
1998–1999	Kraitenė Marijampolė
1999–2002	Ural Great Perm (assistant)
2003	Dynamo Moscow
2005	Ural Great Perm
2005–2009	UNICS Kazan (assistant)
2009–2010	UNICS Kazan
2010–2012	Triumph Lyubertsy
2012–2015	Dnipro
2016–2017	Parma Perm (assistant)
2017–2018	Dzūkija Alytus (assistant)
2018–2020	Dzūkija Alytus
Career highlights and awards
As player: FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (1986) 3× USSR League champion (1985–1987) Lithuanian All-Star Game MVP (1999) As head coach: Ukrainian Super League champion (2016)
Medals Men's basketball Representing Soviet Union Summer Olympics 1988 Seoul Representing Lithuania 1992 Barcelona FIBA World Cup Representing Soviet Union 1982 Colombia 1986 Spain FIBA EuroBasket Representing Soviet Union 1979 Italy 1983 France 1985 West Germany 1987 Greece 1989 Yugoslavia Representing Lithuania 1995 Greece Representing Soviet Union European U-18 Championship 1978 Italy Under-18 Team

As a 192 cm (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) tall point guard he is best remembered as the captain from the "golden years" of Žalgiris Kaunas by winning three consecutive USSR League championships against the rival CSKA Moscow in 1985–1987. His former teams include Žalgiris Kaunas, Forum Valladolid, CAI Zaragoza. He also has played in Italy for Aprimatic Bologna (Serie A2) in the 1990–1991 season. He last played for Olimpas Žemaitija during the 1996–1997 season. He served as player-coach for Kraitenė Marijampolė, was the assistant coach with PBC Ural Great Perm from 1999 to 2004, also serving as head coach for the team in the 2004-2005 season. He briefly coached PBC Dynamo Moscow in 2003, and was the assistant coach for BC UNICS, serving as the team's head coach in the 2009-2010 season. He was also the head coach for Triumph Lyubertsy from 2010 to 2012, BC Dnipro from 2012 to 2015, and worked as a coach for BC Parma in the 2016–17 season. In 2018–2020 he was head coach for BC Dzūkija.

He head coached the Lithuania national team to win the FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup in 2005 FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup.

Honors and awards

• Honored Master of Sports of the USSR: 1982
• Officer's Cross of the Order of the Grand Duke Gediminas: 1995
• Great Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit for Lithuania: 2003

External links

• FIBA Profile
• Sports-Reference.com Profile
• Valdemaras Chomičius international stats at Basketball-Reference.com
• Spanish League Profile (in Spanish)
• Spanish League Archive Profile (in Spanish)
• Italian League Profile (in Italian)