Donatas Vencevičius

Donatas Vencevičius
Personal information
Full name Donatas Vencevičius
Date of birth (1973-11-28) 28 November 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Alytus, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1996 Žalgiris Vilnius 121 (31)
1997–1999 Polonia Warsaw 33 (2)
2000–2002 FC København 46 (2)
2002 IK Start 24 (1)
2003 Sviesa Vilnius 17 (3)
2003–2004 Marsaxlokk 24 (0)
2004 Vilnius 10 (2)
2005 GIF Sundsvall 13 (0)
2006 Vėtra 17 (0)
International career
1995–2005 Lithuania 33 (2)
Managerial career
2007 Vėtra (assistant)
2007–2008 Vėtra
2008 Sūduva Marijampolė (assistant)
2009 OKS 1945 Olsztyn (caretaker)
2010–2011 Sūduva Marijampolė
2011–2014 Wigry Suwałki
2014–2015 Wigry Suwałki (assistant)
2015–2016 Wigry Suwałki
2016–2017 Jonava
2018 DFK Dainava
2018–2022 Wigry Suwałki (assistant)
2019–2020 Lithuania U21
2020 Wigry Suwałki (caretaker)
2021 Wigry Suwałki (caretaker)
2021 Wigry Suwałki (caretaker)
2022–2023 Miedź Legnica (assistant)
2023 Podbeskidzie (assistant)
2024 TransINVEST
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Donatas Vencevičius (born 28 November 1973) is a Lithuanian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was most recently in charge of A Lyga club TransINVEST.

Vencevičius started his career at Žalgiris Vilnius. In 2001, while playing for FC København, he became champion of the Danish Superliga. In 2002, he played for the Norwegian club IK Start. Donatas also made a mediocre stay in the Swedish club GIF Sundsvall during the season 2005.

He started his managerial career in 2007 after announcing his retirement from professional football as a player and was first assistant, then head coach of FK Vėtra for one season before moving to FK Sūduva in 2009 to take up an assistant coach position. Before the 2010 season, Sūduva appointed Vencevičius as the head coach.

On 24 May 2011, he was named new manager of II liga club Wigry Suwałki.

On 14 December 2016, he signed a two-year contract with Lithuanian A Lyga club Jonava.[1]

Honours

Žalgiris Vilnius

Polonia Warsaw

Copenhagen

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 September 2003 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 2–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
2. 5 June 2004 Portugal Portugal Portugal 1–2 1–4 Friendly

References

  1. ^ ""Lietavai" kitą sezoną vadovaus naujas strategas" (in Lithuanian). FK Jonava. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Sunday 07/10 2001 at 19:05". fck.dk. Retrieved 4 January 2024.


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