Simonas Stankevičius

Simonas Stankevičius (born 3 October 1995) is a Lithuanian retired international footballer who played as a striker.

Simonas Stankevičius
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-10-03) 3 October 1995[1]
Place of birth Panevėžys, Lithuania
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2009–2011 National Football Academy
2011–2014 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Leicester City 0 (0)
2014 → Nuneaton Town (loan) 5 (0)
2015 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 4 (0)
2016 Žalgiris B 8 (4)
2016 Žalgiris 8 (1)
2016 → Šibenik (loan) 12 (0)
2017 Mjøndalen 6 (0)
2017 → Egersund (loan) 7 (0)
Total 51 (5)
International career
2013–2015 Lithuania 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early and personal life

Stankevičius was raised in Panevėžys.[2] His mother was a semi-professional tennis player and his grandfather was also a professional footballer.[2]

Club career

Stankevičius started his youth career in his hometown of Panevėžys before moving to the National Football Academy in Kaunas at the age of 14.[2] He was scouted by English club Leicester City after playing under-16 youth international football for Lithuania.[2]

He joined Nuneaton Town on a two-month loan on 21 November 2014.[3]

On 28 August 2015, Stankevičius joined Oldham Athletic on a three-month loan deal.[4]

On 12 January 2016, Stankevičius signed for Žalgiris.[5] He moved on loan to Croatian club Šibenik in August 2016.[6][7]

He was bought by Norwegian First Division club Mjøndalen on 18 February 2017.[8] He finished his career later that season with Egersund.[9]

International career

He made his international debut for Lithuania in 2013.[9][10]

Retirement

Stankevičius announced his retirement from football in 2017 at the age of 22, citing his lack of love for playing football as the reason for his surprising retirement. He has since worked in programming and intended to gain a science degree.[11]

Career statistics

Club statistics
As of 17 January 2018
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City 2014–15[12] 0000000000
2015–16[13] 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Nuneaton Town (loan) 2014–15[12][7] 5000001060
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2015–16[13] 4000000040
Žalgiris 2016[7] 81400000121
Šibenik (loan) 2016–17[7] 120100000130
Mjøndalen 2017[7] 60200000100
Career total 361700010461

International statistics
As of 16 January 2018[9]
Lithuania
YearAppsGoals
201310
201470
201520
201600
Total100

References
  1. "Simonas Stankevicius". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. Stuart James (26 March 2015). "Lithuania's Simonas Stankevicius: 'England don't have our team spirit'". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. "Simonas Stankevicius: Nuneaton Town sign Lithuania international". BBC Sport. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. "Simonas Stankevicius: Leicester City striker joins Oldham on loan". BBC Sport. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  5. "Klube – dar vienas rinktinės futbolininkas". Žalgiris Vilnius. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  6. ""Žalgirietis" S. Stankevičius pusmetį praleis Kroatijoje" (in Lithuanian). Delfi.lt. 22 August 2016.
  7. Simonas Stankevičius at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  8. "Norvegijos klubas įsigijo "Žalgirio" puolėją" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  9. "Simonas Stankevičius". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  10. "International Bow For Stankevicius". Leicester City F.C. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  11. "Kamuolį į programavimą iškeitęs buvęs rinktinės futbolininkas: kartais į treniruotes eidavau vos ne su ašaromis akyse" [Former national football player who changed the ball to programming: sometimes I went to training almost with tears in my eyes]. www.lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 19 July 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  12. "Games played by Simonas Stankevičius in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  13. "Games played by Simonas Stankevičius in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 August 2015.


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