Armantas Vitkauskas

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Armantas Vitkauskas
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Personal information
Date of birth (1989-03-23) 23 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Marijampole, Lithuania
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Riteriai
Number 1
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2012 Sūduva 30 (0)
2012–2017 Žalgiris Vilnius 143 (0)
2018 Concordia Chiajna 2 (0)
2018–2019 Žalgiris Vilnius 25 (0)
2020 Kauno Žalgiris 2 (0)
2021– Riteriai 93 (0)
International career
2007–2008 Lithuania U19 1 (0)
2009–2010 Lithuania U21 1 (0)
2008– Lithuania 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 January 2018

Armantas Vitkauskas (born 23 March 1989) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for A Lyga club Riteriai.

Contents

Vitkauskas made his debut for Lithuania in a friendly match against Estonia. The match ended in a 1–1 draw.

Career

He started his career in 2007. He played for FK Sūduva back then. Later, he became goalkeeper of Žalgiris Vilnius. In 2018, he played for Concordia Chiajna.

Since 2018 he was a player of Žalgiris Vilnius. After 2019 season he left FK Žalgiris. [1]

On 24 December 2020, FK Kauno Žalgiris signed Vitkauskas. [2]

Honours

Club

Sūduva
Žalgiris Vilnius

Individual

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References

  1. ""Žalgiris" atsisveikino su keturiais futbolininkais". www.fkzalgiris.lt. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. "Pirmuoju "Kauno Žalgirio" naujoku tapo vartininkas". 24 December 2019.