Georgas Freidgeimas

Georgas Freidgeimas
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-08-10) 10 August 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Kaišiadorys, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 LFF (coach) & BFA (fitness coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Vilnius
2008–2009 ŁKS Łódź 5 (0)
2010 Vėtra Vilnius 5 (0)
2010 Šiauliai 8 (0)
2011–2017 Žalgiris Vilnius 136 (3)
2016 → Irtysh Pavlodar (loan) 29 (1)
2017 Okzhetpes 13 (1)
2018–2019 Žalgiris Vilnius 3 (0)
2020 Vilniaus Vytis 12 (0)
International career
2012–2017 Lithuania 28 (0)
Managerial career
2020– BFA (fitness coach)
2021– LFF (fitness coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georgas Freidgeimas (born 10 August 1987) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.[1]

Career

Club

Defender joined Žalgiris before 2011 season and spent 7 seasons in the club.[2][3] On 8 February 2016, he was loaned out to Irtysh Pavlodar in the Kazakhstan Premier League.[4][5]

On 15 June 2017, Freidgeimas signed for FC Okzhetpes.[6] On 21 January 2018, he came back to Žalgiris. After 2019 season he left Žalgiris, and joined FC Vilniaus Vytis as a free agent.[7]

Coaching career

After a spell at Lithuanian amateur club FC Vilniaus Vytis, Freidgeimas retired as a player at the end of 2020. But already in September 2020, he was hired as an athletic coach at Baltijos Futbolo Akademija.[8]

In February 2021, Freidgeimas also became responsible for all athletic training in the Lithuanian Football Federation, focusing mainly on work with youth teams, but also with the senior team.[9]

Honours

Žalgiris[10]

References

  1. ^ "Georgas Freidgeimas Facts". Footballdatabase.eu.
  2. ^ "VMFD "Žalgiris" pasirašė kontraktą su Georgu Freidgeimu" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Klubas atsisveikino su ištikimu kariu" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Ilgametis Vilniaus "Žalgirio" gynėjas Georgas Freidgeimas po sėkmingos peržiūros lieka Pavlodaro "Irtysh" klube. Žalgirietis Kazachstane žais nuomos pagrindais". www.fkzalgiris.lt (in Lithuanian). Žalgiris Vilnius. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Фрейдгеймас подписал контракт с Иртышом". fcirtysh.kz (in Russian). FC Irtysh Pavlodar. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Официально: Георгас Фрейдгеймас – игрок ФК Окжетпес". okzhetpes.kz (in Russian). FC Okzhetpes. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  7. ^ "„Žalgiris" atsisveikino su keturiais futbolininkais". www.fkzalgiris.lt. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019.
  8. ^ PRIE BFA JUNGIASI BUVĘS RINKTINĖS ŽAIDĖJAS G. FREIDGEIMAS, bfavilnius.lt, 5 September 2020
  9. ^ Trenerio kelią pradėjęs Freidgeimas: futbolą myliu ir net nesijaučia, kad dirbu, delfi.lt, 12 May 2022
  10. ^ "Georgas Freidgeimas". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 August 2024.