Mindaugas Malinauskas

Mindaugas Malinauskas (born 11 August 1983 in Vilnius) is a retired Lithuanian football goalkeeper and current goalkeeper coach of FK Riteriai.

Mindaugas Malinauskas
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-08-11) 11 August 1983 (age 40)
Place of birthVilnius, Lithuania
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
FK Riteriai (goalkeeper coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2005Žalgiris Vilnius50(0)
2006–2007FBK Kaunas26(0)
2008FK Šilutė11(0)
2009–2010Tranzīts Ventspils21(0)
2010Diósgyőri VTK10(0)
2010–2012Debreceni VSC14(0)
2012FK Šiauliai14(0)
2013FK Kruoja Pakruojis6(0)
2014–2015FK Atlantas26(1)
2016FK Šilas Kazlų Rūda30(4)
2017FK Panerys (2017)14(0)
2018–2019FK Nevėžis Kėdainiai27(0)
2019FM Ateitis3(0)
2019Rings-Avelita3(0)
International career
Lithuania U218(0)
2006Lithuania2(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Malinauskas has made two appearances for the Lithuania national football team.[1]

Career

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Malinauskas started his career with Zalgiris Vilnius debuting in the 2004 season. After a two-year spell with FBK Kaunas he moved to Latvia, signing for FC Tranzit in 2009. He then played in Hungary for two years and in 2012 he returned to the A Lyga.

Later career

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In 2017, Malinauskas returned to his hometown, Vilnius, and joined FK Panerys (2017). He was also hired as a goalkeeper coach for Futbolo Mokykla „Ateitis“, a football school in Vilnius.[2] He later played for FK Nevėžis Kėdainiai (2018–19), FM Ateitis (2019) and Rings-Avelita (2019) before retiring at the end of 2019.
In January 2020, 36-years old Malinauskas was hired as goalkeeper coach at FK Riteriai.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Lauzadis, Almantas 'Almis' (13 August 2009). "Lithuanian National Team All Players". Almantas 'Almis' Lauzadis. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  2. ^ M.Malinauskas pradeda trenerio karjerą, ateitisfm.lt, 12 May 2017
  3. ^ „Riterių“ trenerių štabą papildė M.Malinauskas, sportas.lt, 27 January 2020
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