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NIELSEN, MATT

Height: 2.08
Born: 3 February, 1978
Nationality: Australia
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Career Notes
signed for the 1996-97 season by Sydney Kings (Australia)…played there till the 2003-04 championship…moved to Greece for the 2004-05 season, signed by PAOK Thessaloniki…moved to Lithuania for the 2005-06 season, signed by Lietuvos rytas Vilnius…played there till November'08…moved to Spain, signed by Valencia BC for the remainder of the season…he's still playing there.
Miscellaneous
named to the 2008-09 All-Eurocup Second Team...won the 2002-03 and 2003-04 NBL Championship with Sydney Kings…won the 2005-06 Lithuanian National Championship with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius…won the 2006 and 2007 Baltic League with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius…played the 2007 Lithuanian All Star Game...played the 2006 Baltic League All Star Game...named to the 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2002-03 All-NBL 2nd Team…has been member of the Australian U-22 National Team…played at the 1997 World U-22 Championship…member of the Australian National Team…won the gold medal at the 2001 Goodwill Games…played at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games…won the gold medal at the 2005 Oceanian Championship.
Euroleague Career Highs
Index rating29REGAL FC BARCELONA vs. LIETUVOS RYTAS11/17/2005
Points27REGAL FC BARCELONA vs. LIETUVOS RYTAS11/17/2005
Offensive rebounds5OLYMPIACOS vs. LIETUVOS RYTAS1/18/2006
Defensive rebounds7LIETUVOS RYTAS vs. ARMANI JEANS MILANO12/12/2007
Total rebounds12OLYMPIACOS vs. LIETUVOS RYTAS1/18/2006
Assists5LIETUVOS RYTAS vs. CIBONA12/21/2005
Steals5CAJA LABORAL BASKONIA vs. LIETUVOS RYTAS3/8/2006
Blocks2UNICAJA vs. LIETUVOS RYTAS11/28/2007
Minutes36LIETUVOS RYTAS vs. ARIS BSA 200311/14/2007
CAREER STATS
Euroleague
Season Team G Pts Avg 2FG
M-A
 % 3FG
M-A
 % FT
M-A
 % Reb St As Bl
2005-06 Lietuvos Rytas 19 235 12.4 67 / 138 48.6 10 / 28 35.7 71 / 101 70.3 98 21 33 6
2007-08 Lietuvos Rytas 13 129 9.9 39 / 67 58.2 6 / 24 25 33 / 41 80.5 63 11 20 6
Eurocup
Season Team G Pts Avg 2FG
M-A
 % 3FG
M-A
 % FT
M-A
 % Reb St As Bl
2004-05 PAOK THESSALONIKI 14 194 13.9 62 / 116 53.4 10 / 25 40 40 / 56 71.4 98 19 26 16
2006-07 Lietuvos Rytas 14 134 9.6 47 / 92 51.1 7 / 26 26.9 19 / 34 55.9 80 7 22 10
2008-09 Pamesa Valencia 11 115 10.5 36 / 64 56.3 2 / 12 16.7 37 / 48 77.1 48 14 21 11
Career Stats
 Other Competition
Season Team G Pts Avg 2FG
M-A		 % 3FG
M-A		 % FT
M-A		 % Reb St As Bl
1996/97  Sydney 21 288 13.7 104/248 41.9 7/12 58.3 59/91 64.8 142 26 34 25
1997/98  Sydney 28 460 16.4 170/299 56.9 5/24 20.8 105/153 68.6 232 36 62 19
1998/99  Sydney 19 387 20.4 141/260 54.2 5/31 16.1 90/131 68.7 173 20 47 …
1999/00  Sydney 28 467 16.7 179/326 54.9 4/25 16 97/130 74.6 187 17 63 …
2000/01  Sydney 27 354 13.1 134/237 56.5 8/27 29.6 78/118 66.1 155 20 41 …
2001/02  Sydney 29 548 18.9 201/346 58.1 14/55 25.5 104/147 70.7 251 36 112 …
2002/03  Sydney 30 430 14.3 181/322 56.2 0/4 0 68/119 57.1 205 23 59 61
2003/04  Sydney 40 887 22.2 308/563 54.7 22/67 32.8 205/287 71.4 424 118 139 41
2004/05  PAOK 28 388 13.9 120/229 52.4 13/43 30.2 109/147 74.1 188 19 42 19
2005/06  Lietuvos r 20 225 11.3 72/119 60.5 5/20 25 46/56 82.1 87 19 44 26
2006/07  Lietuvos r 14 131 9.4 44/82 53.7 5/20 25 28/41 68.3 83 17 27 8
2007/08  Lietuvos r 16 138 8.6 37/65 56.9 7/25 28 43/53 81.1 72 17 23 10
2008/09  Lietuvos r 7 52 7.4 18/30 60 0/5 0 16/21 76.2 35 9 10 1

 Valencia 23 202 8.8 60/126 47.6 12/37 32.4 46/58 79.3 94 29 43 15
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