Edgaras Jankauskas
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Edgaras Jankauskas | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Vilnius, Lithuania | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Lokomotiv Moscow (assistant coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Panerys Vilnius | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1991–1996 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 93 | (41) |
| 1996 | CSKA Moscow | 18 | (9) |
| 1997 | Torpedo Moscow | 29 | (10) |
| 1997–1999 | Club Brugge | 52 | (16) |
| 2000–2002 | Real Sociedad | 56 | (19) |
| 2002 | → Benfica (loan) | 12 | (8) |
| 2002–2005 | Porto | 64 | (19) |
| 2004–2005 | → Nice (loan) | 24 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | FBK Kaunas | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | → Hearts (loan) | 37 | (9) |
| 2007–2008 | AEK Larnaca | 15 | (5) |
| 2008 | Belenenses | 5 | (0) |
| 2008 | Skonto Riga | 10 | (2) |
| 2009 | REO LT Vilnius | 4 | (8) |
| 2009–2010 | New England Revolution | 14 | (2) |
| 2011 | Fakel Voronezh | 10 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1991–2008 | Lithuania | 56 | (10) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011– | Lokomotiv Moscow (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:04, 5 September 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Edgaras Jankauskas (born 12 March 1975) is a retired Lithuanian footballer who works as a coach-interpreter for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.
A tall, powerful striker who plays to the physical side of the game, he is also known for skill. Other than in his own, he played professionally in nine different countries, and represented the Lithuanian national team for almost 20 years.
Whilst at F.C. Porto, Jankauskas made history as the first Lithuanian footballer to win the UEFA Champions League, on 26 May 2004, as they beat AS Monaco in Gelsenkirchen (stadium of Schalke-04) by 3-0.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Club
Born in Vilnius, Jankauskas moved to local giants FK Žalgiris' youth ranks at 16, from local FK Panerys Vilnius. In 1996 he joined PFC CSKA Moscow and later spent a further year in the Russian capital with FC Torpedo.
In 1997, Jankauskas moved to Club Brugge KV, and helped the club win the Belgian championship in his first season; however, in January 2000, he became the most expensive Lithuanian player of all time, when Real Sociedad paid Brugge €2.3 million for his services.
After another year and a half in San Sebastián, Jankauskas was loaned to S.L. Benfica for the 2001–02 season, and the following year was signed by F.C. Porto, under manager José Mourinho. Although not always a regular with Porto, Jankauskas made an important contribution to a side which conquered all in Portugal, winning the league and cup double in 2002–03, and the national championship in the following year. He also helped Porto to an unprecedented run of European success and, while he missed selection for the 2003 UEFA Cup final-winning squad, he was a substitute when the Dragons won the UEFA Champions League against AS Monaco FC, in the following year.
After the departure of Mourinho, Jankauskas fell out of favor in Porto and joined OGC Nice on loan, but he failed to settle in France and eventually signed for Scottish Premier League club Heart of Midlothian, via FBK Kaunas, in 2005. In a complex deal, he was loaned to Hearts at the behest of Vladimir Romanov, who controlled both clubs, and spent the next two seasons in Edinburgh. In 2005–06, Jankauskas' experience and goals helped Hearts to win the Scottish Cup and achieve Champions league qualification by finishing second in the league.[1][2] The following year was less successful for him, as injuries and indifferent form limited his appearances. After his Kaunas and Hearts contracts expired in June 2007,[3] he signed with Cyprus's AEK Larnaca FC.
On 30 January 2008, Jankauskas signed with Portuguese league outfit C.F. Os Belenenses. However, after only a few months, he terminated his contract, moving to Latvia's Skonto FC in the summer, claiming he wanted to play closer to his homeland.
At the start of 2009, Jankauskas was working on obtaining his coaching badges, and pondering his retirement. However, in June, it was revealed that he would be heading to the United States for a trial with Major League Soccer club New England Revolution. On 28 June 2009, pending the arrival of his P1 Visa and ITC documents, a deal was arranged for the 34-year old. His week 26 goal against the Kansas City Wizards was nominated for the MLS Goal of the Year Award.
On 30 September 2010, aged 35, Jankauskas was released by the Revolution.[4]
[edit] International
Jankauskas was an important part of the Lithuania national football team since 1991 when, at the age of just 16, he helped the country to the 1991 Baltic Cup, playing the last 30 minutes of the 4–1 final win against Estonia.
He scored his first international goal on 5 October 1996, in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Iceland (2–0), and went on to score a further nine in 56 international appearances, in eighteen years of international play (he did not appear for the national team, however, from 1992–95).
[edit] International goals
- Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
Žalgiris:
- Lithuanian League: 1991, 1992
- Lithuanian Cup: 1991, 1993, 1994
Club Brugge:
- Belgian League: 1997–98
- Belgian Supercup: 1998
Porto:
- UEFA Champions League: 2003–04
- UEFA Cup: 2002–03
- Portuguese League: 2002–03, 2003–04
- Portuguese Cup: 2002–03
- Portuguese Supercup: 2002, 2003
Hearts:
- Scottish Cup: 2005–06
[edit] Country
[edit] Individual
- Lithuanian Player of the Year: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Hearts 3-0 Motherwell; BBC Sport, 18 February 2006
- ^ Falkirk 1-2 Hearts; BBC Sport, 25 March 2006
- ^ Hearts announce Jankauskas exit; BBC Sport, 1 June 2007
- ^ "Revolution release Edgaras Jankauskas". New England Revolution. 30 September 2010. http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/index.cfm?ac=latestnewsdetail&pid=44938&pcid=115. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
[edit] External links
- Club Brugge archives (Dutch)
- BDFutbol profile
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
- Edgaras Jankauskas career stats at Soccerbase
- MLS player profile
- Edgaras Jankauskas at National-Football-Teams.com
- LondonHearts profile
- LegionerKulichi profile (Russian)
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Vilnius
- Lithuanian footballers
- Association football forwards
- FBK Kaunas footballers
- Russian Premier League players
- PFC CSKA Moscow players
- FC Torpedo Moscow players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Club Brugge K.V. players
- La Liga footballers
- Real Sociedad footballers
- Primeira Liga players
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- F.C. Porto players
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- Ligue 1 players
- OGC Nice players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- AEK Larnaca FC players
- Skonto FC players
- Major League Soccer players
- New England Revolution players
- FC Fakel Voronezh players
- Lithuania international footballers
- Lithuanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in Latvia
- Lithuanian expatriates in Latvia
