Deivydas Matulevičius

Deivydas Matulevičius (born 8 April 1989) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Matulevičius has previously played for Interas-AE Visaginas, FC Vilnius and Žalgiris Vilnius in Lithuania, Odra Wodzisław, Cracovia and Reșița in Poland, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, FC Botoșani and Rapid București in Romania, Tobol in Kazakhstan, Royal Mouscron in Belgium, Hibernian in Scotland and Glentoran in Northern Ireland.

Deivydas Matulevičius
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-04-08) 8 April 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Alytus, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Vilkmergė Ukmergė
Vilnius
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Interas-AE Visaginas 15 (1)
2007–2008 Vilnius (13)
2009–2010 Odra Wodzisław 17 (2)
2011–2012 Žalgiris 31 (19)
2012Cracovia (loan) 7 (0)
2012–2015 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 69 (24)
2015 Tobol 13 (0)
2016–2017 Botoșani 26 (6)
2017 Royal Mouscron 16 (4)
2017–2018 Hibernian 12 (0)
2018 KuPS 6 (0)
2018–2019 Rapid București 19 (12)
2019 Kauno Žalgiris 11 (3)
2020 Glentoran 3 (0)
2020 CSM Reșița 8 (0)
2021 Dainava 26 (5)
International career
2005–2006 Lithuania U17 3 (0)
2007–2008 Lithuania U19 6 (0)
2007–2009 Lithuania U21 13 (6)
2012–2019 Lithuania 40 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2021

Career

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Club

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Matulevičius signed a two-year contract with Hibernian in July 2017.[1] He scored in a 5–0 Scottish League Cup win against Ayr United on 8 August,[2] but made few appearances and was made available for transfer in December.[3] He was subsequently released from his contract on 31 January 2018.[4]

In January 2020, Matulevičius signed for Glentoran.[5]

In 2021, Matulevičius joined Lithuanian club Dainava.[6]

International

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As of match played 10 June 2017. Lithuania score listed first, score column indicates score after each Matulevičius goal.[7]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 August 2013 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 9   Luxembourg 1–0 1–2 International friendly
2 6 September 2013 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia 10   Latvia 1–2 1–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 10 September 2013 Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė, Lithuania 11   Liechtenstein 1–0 2–0
4 3 September 2014 Tauernstadion, Matrei in Osttirol, Austria 14   United Arab Emirates 1–0 1–1 International friendly
5 8 September 2014 San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino 15   San Marino 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

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Rapid București

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "HIBERNIAN SIGN STRIKER MATULEVICIUS". Hibernian FC. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Hibernian 5–0 Ayr". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  3. ^ Brown, Anthony (22 December 2017). "Hibs tell Deivydas Matulevicius he is free to leave club". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. ^ Lindsay, Clive (1 February 2018). "Scottish Premiership ins and outs so far - January 2018". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Irish Premiership: Glentoran sign Lithuanian international striker Deivydas Matulevičius". BBC Sport. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. ^ "DFK "DAINAVA" SUKIRTO RANKOMIS SU D. MATULEVIČIUMI IR V. LUKŠA" (in Lithuanian). DFK Dainava. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Deivydas Matulevičius". European Football. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
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