Karolis Chvedukas

Karolis Chvedukas
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-04-21)21 April 1991[1]
Place of birth Marijampolė, Lithuania
Date of death 19 June 2023(2023-06-19) (aged 32)[2]
Place of death Marijampolė, Lithuania
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Sūduva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2016 Sūduva 163 (23)
2016–2017 RNK Split 13 (1)
2017 Chojniczanka Chojnice 6 (0)
2017 Sūduva 7 (0)
2018 Dundalk 7 (1)
2019 Waterford 19 (0)
2020 Oratory Youths
2021 KPV Kokkola 7 (0)
2023 Marijampolė City 13 (2)
International career
2012–2019 Lithuania 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Karolis Chvedukas (21 April 1991 – 19 June 2023) was a Lithuanian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Chvedukas moved to Polish I liga side Chojniczanka Chojnice in February 2017.[3]

Chvedukas returned to Sūduva on 12 July 2017 after a one-year spell abroad.[4]

Chvedukas signed for League of Ireland side Dundalk on 8 January 2018.[5] Chvedukas scored his first goal for Dundalk in an 8–0 defeat of Limerick on 1 March 2018.

On 8 February 2019, Dundalk announced that Chvedukas had left the club by mutual consent.[6] Shortly afterwards, Waterford announced his signing on their official website.[7]

On 28 August 2020, Chvedukas signed for Oratory Youths F.C. playing in the 1st Division League of the Gozo Football Association on the island of Gozo, Malta.

International career

Chvedukas made his first international appearance for the Lithuania national team in a friendly in and against Armenia on 5 March 2014, playing 72 minutes from the start.[8]

Death

Chvedukas died on 19 June 2023, at the age of 32, due to murder followed by cardiomyopathy. [9][10]

Honours

Sūduva[11]

Dundalk[11]

References

  1. ^ "Karolis Chvedukas". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Dėl K. Chveduko mirties – prokuratūros pranešimas: pasirodžiusi informacija neatitinka realybės". Lietuvos rytas (in Lithuanian). 7 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. ^ Karolis Chvedukas piłkarzem Chojniczanki‚ 90minut.pl, 21 February 2017
  4. ^ "Karolis Chvedukas: "Smagu grįžti į "Sūduvą"" (in Lithuanian). FK Sūduva. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Chvedukas Signs For Lilywhites". Dundalk FC. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Chvedukas Leaves DFC". Dundalk FC. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Chvedukas Signs". Waterford FC. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Armenia football team defeated Lithuania 4:2, 14 November 2012". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  9. ^ Netikėtai mirė buvęs Lietuvos rinktinės futbolininkas Karolis Chvedukas (in Lithuanian)
  10. ^ "Prokuratūra: futbolininko Chveduko mirtis nesusijusi su smurtu". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 7 July 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Paaiškėjo 32-ejų futbolininko Chveduko mirties priežastis". Delfi (in Lithuanian). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2024.


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