Eligijus Jankauskas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eligijus Jankauskas | ||
| Date of birth | 22 June 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Šiauliai, Lithuania | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FA Šiauliai | ||
| Number | 17[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2006 | FK Napolis | ||
| 2006–2014 | Siauliai FA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Šiauliai | 16 | (0) |
| 2016 | Utenis Utena | 14 | (3) |
| 2016 | Sūduva Marijampolė | 18 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Žilina B | 16 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | Žilina | 4 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Zemplín Michalovce (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2018 | Opava | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Sūduva | 35 | (11) |
| 2021 | Panevėžys | 25 | (2) |
| 2022– | Šiauliai | 88 | (20) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Lithuania U-17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | Lithuania U-19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2020 | Lithuania U-21 | 29 | (1) |
| 2021– | Lithuania | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2023 | |||
Eligijus Jankauskas (born 22 June 1998) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who currently plays for as a winger for FA Šiauliai.
Club career
[edit]Lithuanian clubs
[edit]Eligijus Jankauskas started his career in his local club, FK Šiauliai. At the time he played for highest tier league in Lithuania. His career at Šiauliai took two seasons. Jankauskas played sixteen matches for this club.
In the 2016 season, Jankauskas joined FK Utenis Utena. In the middle of the season, he moved to FK Sūduva Marijampolė helping them gain third place at the table.
At the end of the 2016 season Jankauskas was named the most prospective player in Lithuania. At the same ceremony, Fedor Černych was named the best Lithuanian player of 2016.[2]
In 2017 he joined Slovakian team MŠK Žilina.
MŠK Žilina
[edit]He made his professional Fortuna Liga debut for MŠK Žilina against FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová on 27 May 2017.[3] Eligijus was given the number 29, when he arrived to the club. Jankauskas also played few matches for second MŠK Žilina team - MŠK Žilina B, which at the time played in 2. Liga and ended up in fourth position 2016-17 season.
International career
[edit]He made his debut for the Lithuania national football team on 2 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against the Northern Ireland, a 1–4 home loss. He substituted Fedor Černych in the 80th minute.[4]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]MŠK Žilina
FK Sūduva
- Super Cup winner: 2019
Individual
[edit]- The most prospective player playing in Lithuania: 2016[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eligijus Jankauskas | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga".
- ^ "Metų žaidėju išrinktas F. Černychas". LFF.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Futbalnet / Únia ligových klubov / Fortuna liga / MŠK Žilina - ŽP Šport Podbrezová 27.05.2017, futbalnet.sk
- ^ "Lithuania v Northern Ireland game report". FIFA. 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Metų žaidėju išrinktas F. Černychas". LFF.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
External links
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Lithuanian men's footballers
- Lithuania men's youth international footballers
- Lithuania men's under-21 international footballers
- Lithuania men's international footballers
- Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- FC Šiauliai players
- FK Utenis Utena players
- FK Sūduva players
- MŠK Žilina players
- MFK Zemplín Michalovce players
- Slovak First Football League players
- SFC Opava players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
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