Mindaugas Malinauskas (born 11 August 1983 in Vilnius) is a retired Lithuanian football goalkeeper and current goalkeeper coach of FK Riteriai.

Mindaugas Malinauskas
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-08-11) 11 August 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Vilnius, Lithuania
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
FK Riteriai (goalkeeper coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Žalgiris Vilnius 50 (0)
2006–2007 FBK Kaunas 26 (0)
2008 FK Šilutė 11 (0)
2009–2010 Tranzīts Ventspils 21 (0)
2010 Diósgyőri VTK 10 (0)
2010–2012 Debreceni VSC 14 (0)
2012 FK Šiauliai 14 (0)
2013 FK Kruoja Pakruojis 6 (0)
2014–2015 FK Atlantas 26 (1)
2016 FK Šilas Kazlų Rūda 30 (4)
2017 FK Panerys (2017) 14 (0)
2018–2019 FK Nevėžis Kėdainiai 27 (0)
2019 FM Ateitis 3 (0)
2019 Rings-Avelita 3 (0)
International career
Lithuania U21 8 (0)
2006 Lithuania 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Malinauskas has made two appearances for the Lithuania national football team.[1]

Career

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Malinauskas started his career with Zalgiris Vilnius debuting in the 2004 season. After a two-year spell with FBK Kaunas he moved to Latvia, signing for FC Tranzit in 2009. He then played in Hungary for two years and in 2012 he returned to the A Lyga.

Later career

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In 2017, Malinauskas returned to his hometown, Vilnius, and joined FK Panerys (2017). He was also hired as a goalkeeper coach for Futbolo Mokykla „Ateitis“, a football school in Vilnius.[2] He later played for FK Nevėžis Kėdainiai (2018–19), FM Ateitis (2019) and Rings-Avelita (2019) before retiring at the end of 2019.
In January 2020, 36-years old Malinauskas was hired as goalkeeper coach at FK Riteriai.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Lauzadis, Almantas 'Almis' (13 August 2009). "Lithuanian National Team All Players". Almantas 'Almis' Lauzadis. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  2. ^ M.Malinauskas pradeda trenerio karjerą, ateitisfm.lt, 12 May 2017
  3. ^ „Riterių“ trenerių štabą papildė M.Malinauskas, sportas.lt, 27 January 2020
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