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Saulius Mikoliūnas
Personal information
Date of birth	2 May 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right winger
Team information
Current team	Žalgiris Vilnius
Number	23
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2003	Šviesa Vilnius
2003	Ekranas
2004–2009	FBK Kaunas
2005–2009	→ Hearts (loan)
2009–2012	Arsenal Kyiv
2013–2014	Sevastopol
2014–2016	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
2016–	Žalgiris Vilnius
International career‡
2004–	Lithuania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2016

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Saulius Mikoliūnas (born 2 May 1984) is a Lithuanian professional footballer playing for Žalgiris Vilnius. He is a Lithuanian international and has played for Scottish Premier League club Hearts and FBK Kaunas. Mikoliūnas also represented Lithuania at under-21 level.

Career

On 2 March 2005, during a match against Rangers at Tynecastle Stadium, Mikoliūnas received a double red card from referee Hugh Dallas. The player was initially sent off for barging linesman Andy Davis after a controversial penalty decision. He received a second card for later swearing at Dallas.^[1] Since that incident, Mikoliūnas has been sent off twice more against Rangers, both as a second-half substitute.

Mikoliūnas was a regular in the first team for Hearts, however inconsistency always dogged his Hearts career. He silenced many critics with the winner at Tynecastle versus city rivals Hibernian on 26 December 2006. Mikoliūnas announced on 2 December 2008 that he wanted to leave the Edinburgh club after the 2008–09 season, to take up a new football challenge after spending four years at the club. On 27 April 2009, it was confirmed with immediate effect that the midfielder and his Lithuanian colleague Deividas Česnauskis had left Hearts.^[2]

The following month, Mikoliūnas states he was to sign for Swansea City on a free transfer during the summer transfer window, but the move broke down after Swansea manager Roberto Martínez moved to Wigan Athletic.^[3]

Eventually, Mikoliūnas signed a three-year contract with Ukrainian side Arsenal Kyiv.^[4]

On 9 May 2019, Mikoliūnas received a UEFA B coaching license.^[5]

Position

Mikoliūnas is a right-sided winger who sometimes plays in the right-back position.

Honours

FBK Kaunas

Lithuanian A Lyga: 2004
Lithuanian Cup: 2004
Lithuanian Super Cup: 2004

Hearts FC

Scottish Cup: 2005–06

FK Žalgiris

Lithuanian A Lyga: 2016

International

Mikoliūnas has scored five times in his twelve-year international career. Having made his debut in 2004, he scored his first international goal in 2007 against Georgia. He followed that up a year later with a second goal, against Romania. On 11 October 2013, in 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification he scored his most recent goal: against Latvia in a 2-0 home victory.

Every time that Mikoliūnas has scored for Lithuania, the team have won the match and kept a clean-sheet.

In 2011, he scored again against Poland before in a surprising 2-0 win.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 June 2007	S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas	Georgia	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
2.	6 September 2008	Gruia Stadium, Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Romania	2–0	3–0	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying
3.	25 March 2011	S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas	Poland	1–0	2–0	Friendly match
4.	11 October 2013	LFF stadium, Vilnius	Latvia	2–0	2–0	FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifying
5.	9 October 2014	LFF stadium, Vilnius	Estonia	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

References

^ Greechan, John. "Utter chaos". Daily Mail. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
^ "Hearts players become free agents". BBC Sport. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
^ "Mikoliūnas doubtful about signing for Swansea". Futbolas.lt. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Naujasis S.Mikoliūno klubas – Kijevo "Arsenal"". Futbolas.lt. 12 July 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
^ "„Skrieja kamuolys" specialus epizodas: S.Mikoliūnas apie linksmas istorijas su V.Romanovu" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

External links

Saulius Mikoliunas at Soccerbase
Saulius Mikoliūnas at National-Football-Teams.com
Hearts Appearances at londonhearts.com
Saulius Mikoliūnas at Soccerway
Saulius Mikoliūnas – UEFA competition record (archive)

[1] Greechan, John. "Utter chaos". Daily Mail. Retrieved 15 July 2010.

[2] "Hearts players become free agents". BBC Sport. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

[3] "Mikoliūnas doubtful about signing for Swansea". Futbolas.lt. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009. ^{[dead link]}

[4] "Naujasis S.Mikoliūno klubas – Kijevo "Arsenal"". Futbolas.lt. 12 July 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.

[5] "„Skrieja kamuolys" specialus epizodas: S.Mikoliūnas apie linksmas istorijas su V.Romanovu" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

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 On 2 March 2005, during a match against [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] at [[Tynecastle Stadium]], Mikoliūnas received a double red card from referee [[Hugh Dallas]]. The player was initially sent off for barging linesman Andy Davis after a controversial penalty decision. He received a second card for later swearing at Dallas.<ref>{{cite web|last=Greechan|first=John|title= Utter chaos|url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=4FNP-DS00-00W7-10TK&csi=138794&oc=00240&perma=true|publisher=Daily Mail|accessdate=15 July 2010}}</ref> Since that incident, Mikoliūnas has been sent off twice more against Rangers, both as a second-half substitute.
-Mikoliūnas was a regular in the first team for Hearts, however inconsistency always dogged his Hearts career. He silenced many critics with the winner at Tynecastle vs city rivals [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]] on 26 December 2006. Mikoliūnas announced on 2 December 2008 that he wanted to leave the Edinburgh club after the 2008–09 season, to take up a new football challenge after spending four years at the club. On 27 April 2009, it was confirmed with immediate effect that the midfielder and his Lithuanian colleague [[Deividas Česnauskis]] had left Hearts.<ref>{{cite news| title = Hearts players become free agents | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/heart_of_midlothian/8022699.stm| publisher = BBC Sport| date = 2009-04-28| accessdate = 2009-04-29}}</ref>
+Mikoliūnas was a regular in the first team for Hearts, however inconsistency always dogged his Hearts career. He silenced many critics with the winner at Tynecastle versus city rivals [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]] on 26 December 2006. Mikoliūnas announced on 2 December 2008 that he wanted to leave the Edinburgh club after the 2008–09 season, to take up a new football challenge after spending four years at the club. On 27 April 2009, it was confirmed with immediate effect that the midfielder and his Lithuanian colleague [[Deividas Česnauskis]] had left Hearts.<ref>{{cite news| title = Hearts players become free agents | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/heart_of_midlothian/8022699.stm| publisher = BBC Sport| date = 2009-04-28| accessdate = 2009-04-29}}</ref>
 The following month, Mikoliūnas states he was to sign for [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]] on a free transfer during the summer transfer window, but the move broke down after Swansea manager [[Roberto Martínez]] moved to [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]].<ref>{{cite news| title = Mikoliūnas doubtful about signing for Swansea| url = http://www.futbolas.lt/en/news/,nid.3191| publisher = Futbolas.lt| date = 2009-06-12| accessdate = 2009-07-13}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>