Edvinas Girdvainis

Edvinas Girdvainis

Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-01-17) 17 January 1993 (age 33)
Place of birth	Klaipėda, Lithuania
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	FK Transinvest
Number	93
Youth career
	FBK Kaunas
2010–2012	Padova
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Ekranas Panevėžys	44	(0)
2014–2016	Marbella	59	(0)
2016–2018	Piast Gliwice	10	(0)
2017–2018	→ Tom Tomsk (loan)	22	(0)
2018	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0	(0)
2018–2019	Keşla	18	(1)
2019	RFS	14	(0)
2020–2021	KFC Uerdingen 05	32	(1)
2021–2023	Kauno Žalgiris	74	(10)
2023–2024	SV Sandhausen	26	(0)
2025	Liepāja	11	(0)
2026–	TransINVEST	3	(1)
International career‡
2010–2011	Lithuania U19	10	(0)
2012–2014	Lithuania U21	14	(0)
2016–	Lithuania	62	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:35, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

Edvinas Girdvainis (born 17 January 1993) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Lithuanian club TransINVEST and the Lithuania national team.

Club career

On 28 June 2016, Girdvainis signed a three-year contract with one of the top Poland clubs Piast Gliwice. ^[1] On 21 July 2017, he was loaned for one season to Russian club Tom Tomsk. ^[2]

On 18 August 2018, Girdvainis signed a one-year contract with Keşla FK. ^[3]

He signed for 3. Liga side SV Sandhausen in December 2023. ^[4]

International career

Girdvainis debuted for the Lithuania national team against Romania on 23 March 2016. ^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 October 2025 ^[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ekranas Panevėžys	2012	A Lyga	4	0	1	0	3 [b]	0	—		8	0
	2013	A Lyga	24	0	3	0	2 [c]	0	1 [d]	0	30	0
	2014	A Lyga	16	0	—		2 [e]	0	—		18	0
	Total		44	0	4	0	7	0	1	0	56	0
Marbella	2014–15	Segunda División B	28	0	—		—		—		28	0
	2015–16	Segunda División B	31	0	—		—		—		31	0
	Total		59	0	—		—		—		59	0
Piast Gliwice	2016–17	Ekstraklasa	10	0	—		1 [e]	0	—		11	0
	2017–18	Ekstraklasa	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	Toal		10	0	—		1	0	—		11	0
Tom Tomsk (loan)	2017–18	Russian First League	22	0	3	0	—		—		25	0
Hapoel Tel Aviv	2018–19	Israeli Premier League	—		0	0	—		3 [f]	0	3	0
Keşla	2018–19	Azerbaijan Premier League	18	1	1	0	—		—		19	1
RFS	2019	Virslīga	14	0	3	0	2 [e]	0	—		19	0
KFC Uerdingen 05	2019–20	3. Liga	12	1	—		—		—		12	1
	2020–21	3. Liga	20	0	—		—		—		20	0
	Total		32	1	—		—		—		32	1
Kauno Žalgiris	2021	A Lyga	11	0	—		—		—		11	0
	2022	A Lyga	30	2	4	0	2 [g]	0	—		36	2
	2023	A Lyga	33	10	4	0	2 [g]	0	1 [d]	0	40	10
	Total		74	12	8	0	4	0	1	0	87	12
SV Sandhausen	2023–24	3. Liga	6	0	—		—		—		6	0
	2024–25	3. Liga	20	0	1	0	—		1 [h]	1	22	1
	Total		26	0	1	0	—		1	1	28	1
Liepāja	2025	Virslīga	8	0	2	0	—		—		10	0
Career total			307	14	22	0	14	0	6	1	349	15

1. Includes Lithuanian Cup, Russian Cup, Azerbaijan Cup, Latvian Cup, DFB-Pokal
2. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearance in Lithuanian Supercup
5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearances in Toto Cup
7. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
8. Appearance in Baden Cup

International

As of match played 12 October 2025 ^[7]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Lithuania
	2016	7	0
	2017	3	0
	2018	6	0
	2019	6	0
	2020	8	0
	2021	5	0
	2022	5	0
	2023	8	1
	2024	8	0
	2025	6	1
Total		62	2

Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Girdvainis goal.

List of international goals scored by Edvinas Girdvainis

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 June 2023	Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania	Bulgaria	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
2	7 September 2024		Netherlands	2–2	2–3	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

1. "Edvinas Girdvainis zawodnikiem Piasta Gliwice" [Edvinas Girdvainis – a player of Piast Gliwice]. piastgliwice.eu (in Polish). Piast Gliwice. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
2. "Три защитника пополнили состав "Томи"" [Three defenders have enlarged "Tom"'s squad]. fctomtomsk.ru (in Russian). Tom Tomsk. 21 July 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
3. "Komandamıza yeni futbolçu qoşuldu". www.keshlafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Keşla FK. 18 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
4. "Sandhausen verpflichtet Litauen-Kapitän Girdvainis" [Sandhausen sign Lithuania captain Girdvainis]. kicker (in German). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
5. "E. Jankauskas debiutavo pralaimėjimu Rumunijoje". lzinios.lt. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016.
6. "E. GIRDVAINIS". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
7. "Edvinas Girdvainis". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 September 2025.

External links

• Edvinas Girdvainis at Soccerway
• Edvinas Girdvainis at kicker (in German)
• Edvinas Girdvainis at 90minut.pl (in Polish)