Linas Pilibaitis

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Linas Pilibaitis
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Personal information
Date of birth (1985-04-05) 5 April 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth Kretinga, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
FK TransINVEST
Number 77
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2008 Kaunas 77 (11)
2004Atlantas (loan) 8 (2)
2007Hearts (loan) 6 (0)
2009–2014 Győr 92 (7)
2013–2014Mezőkövesd (loan) 11 (1)
2014–2016 FK Žalgiris 91 (42)
2017 FK Atlantas 15 (3)
2017 Sepsi OSK 4 (0)
2018–2022 FK Kauno Žalgiris 147 (34)
2023– FK TransINVEST 50 (12)
International career
2006–2015 Lithuania 31 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of 2015

Linas Pilibaitis (born 5 April 1985) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for FK TransINVEST.

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Club career

Pilibaitis was born in Kretinga. He joined Kaunas aged 17 in 2002, gradually working his way into the first team as he developed in the following years. This process was aided by a loan spell at Klaipėda side FK Atlantas in 2004, where he scored his first senior goal. Having played a prominent role in Kaunas's 2006 A Lyga victory, he was loaned to Hearts in January 2007. [1] He made his debut for the Jambos in a 2–0 victory at Motherwell on 5 March 2007 but returned to Kaunas in August of that year, having made only five appearances for the Hearts first team.

Pilibaitis scored the winning goal for Kaunas which knocked out Rangers of the second qualifying tie of the UEFA Champions League on 6 August 2008. [2] He joined than in January 2009 to Győri ETO FC.

In July 2012 he started a trial with Israeli club Maccabi Haifa.

On 26 February 2017, it was announced that Pilibaitis would return to A Lyga contenders Atlantas. [3]

International career

Usually played as an attacking midfielder or support striker, Pilibaitis earned his first international cap for Lithuania in 2006.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kaunas 2002 A Lyga 30000030
200300000000
200440000040
20051540000154
20063130000313
20082440000244
Total771100007711
Atlantas (loan)2004A Lyga82000082
Heart of Midlothian (loan)2006–07 Scottish Premiership 60000060
Győr 2008–09National Championship604065165
2009–102715100322
2010–112533181365
2011–122725000322
2012–131413000171
Total99720214613315
Mezőkövesd 2013–14National Championship1117000181
FK Žalgiris 2013–14A Lyga331764204121
2014–15291642203518
2015–1625854103112
Total874115105010751
Career total28862421219634980

Honours

Kaunas

Győr

FK Žalgiris

TransINVEST

References

  1. Hearts bring in three new players, BBC Sport , 31 January 2007
  2. "Rangers suffer KO in Kaunas". Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  3. ""Atlantas" jau pasirengęs mūšiams" (in Lithuanian). FK Atlantas. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.