Valdemaras Martinkėnas

Valdemaras Martinkėnas

Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-03-10)10 March 1965
Place of birth	Krokialaukis, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death	20 July 2004(2004-07-20) (aged 39)
Place of death	Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1987	FK Žalgiris Vilnius	0	(0)
1987–1988	FK Atlantas	37	(0)
1989–1991	FK Žalgiris Vilnius	67	(0)
1991–1993	Dynamo Kyiv	24	(0)
1993–1994	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	4	(0)
1994–1996	FC Wil
1996	FC Haka	3	(0)
1996–1997	Lelle SK	1	(0)
1997	KAMAZ	19	(0)
1997–1999	Kareda Šiauliai
2000	FC Kuressaare
International career
1991–1997	Lithuania	19	(0)
Managerial career
1999	Kareda Šiauliai
2003–2004	FC Flora Tallinn (assistant)
2003–2004	Estonia (assistant)
Medal record FK Žalgiris Vilnius Baltic League 1990 Winner A Lyga 1991 FC Dynamo Kyiv Runner-up Ukrainian Top League 1992 Winner Ukrainian Top League 1992–93
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Valdemaras Martinkėnas (10 March 1965 – 20 July 2004) was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional footballer and coach.

Career

Born in Krokialaukis, Martinkėnas was the goalkeeper for the Lithuanian national team in the years after independence from the USSR, appearing in most of the qualifying games for the 1994 World Cup. He won 19 caps for his country.

He also won the Lithuanian league championship with Zalgiris Vilnius in 1991, and starred in Dynamo Kyiv's 1992–93 Ukrainian league championship win. Later, he became goalkeeping coach to the Estonian national side.

Martinkėnas died at the age of 39 in Nova Gorica in Slovenia, drowning in a strong current after having gone for a swim in a mountain river. He was the goalkeeping coach of Flora Tallinn at the time, and was in Slovenia preparing for their Champions League qualifier against NK Gorica.

Honours

• A Lyga champion: 1991.
• A Lyga bronze: 1990.
• Ukrainian Premier League champion: 1993.
• Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1992.

European club competitions

• 1989–90 UEFA Cup with FK Žalgiris Vilnius: 4 games.
• 1990–91 European Cup with FC Dynamo Kyiv: 2 games.

External links

• Valdemaras Martinkėnas at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
• Valdemaras Martinkėnas at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)