Deividas Šemberas

Deividas Šemberas
Šemberas with Alania in 2012
Personal information
Full name Deividas Šemberas
Date of birth (1978-08-02) 2 August 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Žalgiris Vilnius 25 (3)
1998–2001 Dynamo Moscow 88 (2)
2002–2012 CSKA Moscow 254 (2)
2012–2013 Alania Vladikavkaz 46 (0)
2014–2015 Žalgiris Vilnius 53 (7)
Total 466 (13)
International career
1996–2013 Lithuania 82 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Deividas Šemberas (born 2 August 1978) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. Between 1996 and 2013, he earned 82 international caps for Lithuania.

Club career

Šemberas started his career in his home town of Vilnius, playing for FK Žalgiris from 1996 to 1998. Subsequently, he moved to Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow, for which he appeared in 88 games, scoring two goals. After four years at Dynamo, he joined rival team CSKA Moscow, where he stayed until 2012. In his ten years at CSKA, he won the Russian Premier League four times and the Russian Cup six times with his team. On 18 May 2005, he won the 2004–05 UEFA Cup with CSKA after they defeated Sporting CP 3–1 in the final. During the final, Šemberas came on as a substitute for Daniel Carvalho in the 82nd minute.[1] He was named Lithuanian Footballer of the Year 2005 by the Lithuanian Football Federation.

On 13 July 2012, Šemberas moved to Alania Vladikavkaz.[2] After the club was relegated at the end of the 2012–13 season, he left the club in February 2014 and re-joined his old club FK Žalgiris.[3] He was appointed as the team's captain and won the Lithuanian double, consisting of the A Lyga title and the Lithuanian Football Cup, in the seasons 2014 and 2015, before retiring from professional football.

International career

Šemberas made his debut for the Lithuania national team in 1996 in a friendly match against Indonesia. Between 1996 and 2013, he earned 82 caps for his country.[4]

Managerial career

On 3 December 2015, Šemberas was appointed as the president of the A lygos klubų asociacija, the association that organizes the game operations of the A Lyga.[5]

Im November 2018, FK Žalgiris announced Šemberas as their new sporting director, alongside fellow former Lithuanian national Deividas Česnauskis.[6] In May 2020, the club announced that Šemberas left his position at FK Žalgiris.[7]

In March 2021, he was appointed as the president of the Vilnius Regional Football Association (VRFS).[8]

Personal life

Until 2010, Šemberas was married to Agnė Armoškaitė-Šemberienė, with whom he had one son (born in 2002).[9][10] In 2018, he married Oksana Zlatkovaitė, with whom he has a daughter (born in 2019).[11]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[citation needed]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo Moscow 1998 Russian Premier League 14 0 0 0 3 0 - 17 0
1999 24 0 0 0 — - 24 0
2000 24 1 2 0 2 0 - 28 1
2001 26 1 2 0 4 0 - 28 1
Total 88 2 4 0 9 0 - - 96 2
CSKA Moscow[12] 2002 Russian Premier League 28 0 3 0 2 0 - 33 0
2003 21 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 26 0
2004 24 0 3 0 10 0 1 0 38 0
2005 28 0 8 0 11 0 1 0 48 0
2006 24 0 7 0 8 0 0 0 39 0
2007 24 0 4 0 6 0 1 0 35 0
2008 24 0 3 0 6 0 - 33 0
2009 26 1 3 0 8 0 1 1 37 1
2010 26 0 1 0 11 0 1 0 39 0
2011–12 29 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 38 0
Total 254 1 37 0 70 0 6 1 367 2
Alania Vladikavkaz 2012–13 Russian Premier League 27 0 0 0 - — 27 0
2013–14 Russian National Football League 19 0 1 0 - — 20 0
Total 46 0 1 0 — — 47 0
Žalgiris Vilnius 2014 A Lyga 28 4 3 0 2 0 — 33 4
2015 25 3 2 1 2 0 — 29 4
Total 53 7 5 1 4 0 — 62 8
Career total 441 10 47 1 83 0 6 1 572 12

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[4]
National team Year Apps Goals
Lithuania 1996 1 0
1997 2 0
1998 6 0
1999 5 0
2000 7 0
2001 6 0
2002 2 0
2003 5 0
2004 3 0
2005 6 0
2006 0 0
2007 8 0
2008 9 0
2009 7 0
2010 4 0
2011 5 0
2012 5 0
2013 1 0
Total 82 0

Honours

Žalgiris Vilnius[12]

CSKA Moscow[12]

Lithuania

Individual

References

  1. ^ "UEFA Cup final match report: Sporting CP 1–3 CSKA Moskva". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Шемберас перешел в Аланию". pfc-cska.com (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Vilniaus miesto futbolo draugija "Žalgiris" pasirašė sutartį su vienu žymiausių Lietuvos futbolininkų Deividu Šemberu". zalgiris-vilnius.lt (in Lithuanian). 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Deividas Šemberas". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Lietuvos A lygos prezidentu tapo D. Šemberas". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 3 December 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Antrą kartą nuo sosto nustumtas "Žalgiris" pristato Česnauskį ir Šemberą". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 28 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  7. ^ ""Deividų era" baigėsi: "Žalgiryje" nebėra ir Šembero". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 27 May 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Šemberas oficialiai tapo Vilniaus futbolo vadovu". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 1 March 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  9. ^ Saulius Chadasevičius (15 October 2010). "Teisme – Agnės Armoškaitės-Šemberienės ir Deivido Šembero skyrybų byla". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  10. ^ Žygimantas Barysas (22 May 2010). "Agnė Armoškaitė ir Deividas Šemberas. Šeima griūva dėl slaptos Deivido draugystės su Oksana Zlatkovaite? (papildyta gegužės 22 d.)". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Oksana Zlatkovaitė ir Deividas Šemberas susilaukė pirmojo vaikelio". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  12. ^ a b c "Deividas Šemberas". pfc-cska.com. CSKA Moscow. Retrieved 7 June 2018.