Romualdas Zigmovich Juška (Russian: Ромуа́льдас Зи́гмович Ю́шка, romanized: Romualdas Zigmovich Yushka; born 1 February 1942) is a retired Lithuanian football player and referee from the Soviet era.

Romualdas Juška
Personal information
Full name Romualdas Zigmovich Juška
Date of birth (1941-12-26) 26 December 1941 (age 83)
Place of birth Kvėdarna, Lithuania
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1961 FK Baltija Klaipėda
1962–1965 FK Žalgiris 107 (34)
1966–1967 SKA Lviv 46 (5)
1967 CSKA Moscow 8 (0)
1968–1969 FC Metalist Kharkiv 66 (21)
1970–1971 FK Žalgiris 59 (11)
1971–1973 FK Pažanga Vilnius


Refereeing career
Domestic
Years League Role
1975–1995 Soviet Top League Referee
International
Years League Role
1979–1985 FIFA listed Referee
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

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From 1959 to 1973, Juška was an active footballer who played as a forward. In 1970, during his second stint at FK Žalgiris, he was named Lithuanian Footballer of the Year.

Refereeing career

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In 1975, Juška passed the referee exam and began officiating in the Soviet Top League. In 1979, he was appointed as a FIFA referee representing the Football Federation of the Soviet Union.

In 1984, he was appointed as a referee for UEFA Euro 1984, where he officiated a group stage match between West Germany and Portugal.[1]

Juška stopped officiating internationally in 1985, before retiring from refereeing in 1995.

References

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  1. ^ "Portugal - Germany 0:0 (EURO 1984 France, Group 2)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
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