Vytautas Andriuškevičius (born 8 October 1990), commonly known as Vytas, is a retired Lithuanian footballer who played as a left-back. He is now an assistant coach for the Portland Thorns of the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
 Andriuškevičius playing for Djurgårdens IF in 2013. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vytautas Andriuškevičius | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Alytus, Lithuania | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FBK Kaunas | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | FBK Kaunas | 17 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → FBK Kaunas-2 (loan) | ||
| 2010–2013 | Lechia Gdańsk | 32 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Lechia Gdańsk II | 15 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Djurgårdens IF | 31 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | SC Cambuur | 52 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Portland Timbers | 37 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | → Portland Timbers 2 (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2018 | D.C. United | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | Sūduva | 5 | (0) |
| 2019 | Tobol | 12 | (0) |
| 2020 | Kyzylzhar | 10 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Lithuania U19 | 8 | (0) | |
| 2011–2012 | Lithuania U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 2011–2019 | Lithuania | 31 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 March 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:46, 10 September 2019 (UTC) | |||
Playing career
editClub
editAndriuškevičius began his professional career in 2007 with FBK Kaunas in Lithuania. From 2007 to 2008, he was loaned to FBK Kaunas's second team to gain experience as a starter. However, he was unable to earn meaningful playing time, and soon signed with Lechia Gdańsk of the Polish Ekstraklasa.[1]
On 3 April 2013, he joined Djurgårdens IF on a one-year contract with an option for an additional three years.
In 2014, Andriuškevičius signed with SC Cambuur of the Dutch Eredivisie. On 13 May 2016, he left the team after it was relegated from Eredivisie to Eerste Divisie.
On 14 July 2016, he signed with the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer (MLS) and played for two years there.[2]
On 7 August 2018, it was announced that he had transferred within MLS to D.C. United in exchange for $50,000 of Targeted Allocation Money.[3] He suffered a hip flexor injury during training which sidelined him for the rest of the season.[4] He was released by D.C. United at the end of the 2018 season after not making a single appearance.[5]
In 2019, he played five games for Lithuanian team FK Sūduva, which won the A Lyga that season. On July 8, 2019, he transferred to Kazakh team FC Tobol and played 12 games there. For the 2020 season, he transferred to another Kazakh team, FC Kyzylzhar, and played 10 games.
He announced his retirement in April 2021.[6]
International
editAndriuškevičius was part of the Lithuania national football team. On 10 September 2019 he scored his only international goal, against Portugal in a 1–5 loss.[7]
Coaching career
editAfter retiring from playing, Andriuškevičius moved back to Portland and began coaching youth sports. On 11 May 2022, Portland Thorns FC — the women's team in the same organization as the Timbers — hired Andriuškevičius as an assistant coach.[8][9]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| FBK Kaunas | 2006–07 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2009–10 | 2 | 0 | |
| Totals | 17 | 1 | |
| Lechia Gdansk | 2010–11 | 20 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 2 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 0 | |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2012–13 | 19 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | 15 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 0 | |
| SC Cambuur | 2014–15 | 28 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 27 | 0 | |
| Totals | 55 | 0 | |
| Portland Timbers | 2015–16 | 15 | 1 |
| 2016–17 | 32 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 189 | 2 | |
National team
edit| Lithuania national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 |
| Total | 31 | 1 |
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.[10]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10 September 2019 | LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania |  Portugal | 1–1 | 1–5 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
References
edit- ^ "Vytas". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ "Portland Timbers sign Lithuanian international defender Vytautas Andriuškevičius". Portland Timbers. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ Goff, Steven (7 August 2018). "D.C. United trades for a defender, continues pursuit of goalkeeper Bill Hamid". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ Anderson, Jason (2 December 2018). "D.C. United 2018 season review: Vytas". Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "D.C. United announce contract options". 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Įvartį į Portugalijos rinktinės vartus įmušęs Andriuškevičius netikėtai baigia karjerą".
- ^ "Lithuania vs. Portugal". BBC Sport. 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Thorns FC add Vytas Andriuskevicius to coaching staff" (Press release). Portland Timbers. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ Clarke, Ryan (17 May 2022). "Former Portland Timbers player Vytas Andriuskevicius joins Thorns coaching staff". The Oregonian. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Vytautas Andriuškevičius". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
External links
edit- Vytautas Andriuškevičius at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Vytautas Andriuškevičius at Soccerway
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