Arūnas Klimavičius

Arūnas Klimavičius
Personal information
Full name Arūnas Klimavičius
Date of birth (1982-10-05) 5 October 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2007 Ekranas 168 (18)
2007–2008 Dynamo Moscow 23 (2)
2009 Ural 25 (6)
2010 Sibir Novosibirsk 11 (1)
2011 Zhetysu 27 (6)
2012 Aktobe 16 (1)
2013–2014 Zhetysu 53 (1)
2014–2015 Tobol 22 (0)
2016–2017 Trakai 57 (7)
2018 Jonava 6 (2)
2018–2019 Kauno Žalgiris 32 (1)
International career
2005–2017 Lithuania 43 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arūnas Klimavičius (born 5 October 1982 in Panevėžys) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer and chairman of the Lithuanian Professional Footballers' Association.

Career

On 17 February, it was revealed on the Hearts website that he was having a trial with the Scottish Premier League side. On 8 December 2009 the 27-year-old Lithuanian defender has signed a two-year deal with Sibir. In 2011, he signed for Kazakhstani side FC Zhetysu.

In December 2014, Klimavičius moved to FC Tobol.[1]

International career

Klimavičius played 8 games at UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying.

International goals

Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.[2]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 26 March 2008 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Azerbaijan 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2. 7 February 2009 Complexo Desportivo Municipal de Vila Real Santo António, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal  Poland 1–1 1–1 Friendly
3. 10 August 2011 Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania  Armenia 1–0 3–0 Friendly

Post-playing career

After the 2019 season finished, Arūnas retired from professional football.[3] In January 2020, Klimavičius had been hired as a tennis coach.[4] On 28 January 2020, he also founded and became the president of the Association of Professional Footballers (PFA - Profesionalių futbolininkų asociacija). The association was established to unionize Lithuanian professional footballers, properly represent their interests and provide them with qualified assistance.[5]

Klimavičius covered the UEFA Euro 2020 as a studio analyst on LNK.[6] In November 2021, he became the host of the podcast about Lithuanian football "PadkaStas".

Personal life

He is the son of Albertas Klimavičius and the brother of Linas Klimavičius.

Honours

Ekranas

Lithuania

References

  1. ^ Арунас Климавичус в Тоболе. fc-tobol.kz/ (in Russian). FC Tobol. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Klimavičius, Arūnas". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  3. ^ A. Klimavičius: "Sprendimą priėmiau lygiai prieš metus", alyga.lt, 28 November 2019
  4. ^ Buvęs futbolininkas A.Klimavičius tapo teniso treneriu, sportas.lt, 20 January 2020
  5. ^ "Lietuvoje veiklą pradeda profesionalių futbolininkų asociacija". 15min (in Lithuanian). 13 February 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Televizijos įdomybės: vyrai renkasi futbolą, o moterys – krepšinį" (in Lithuanian). LNK. Retrieved 10 October 2022.


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