Benas Šatkus
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 April 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Klaipėda, Lithuania | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FK Banga | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Banga Gargždai | ||
| 2017–2022 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | 1. FC Nürnberg II | 18 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | VfL Osnabrück | 0 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Banga Gargždai (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2024– | Banga Gargždai | 10 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Lithuania U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019– | Lithuania U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2019– | Lithuania | 14 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 April 2023 | |||
Benas Šatkus (born 1 April 2001) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Lithuania national team.[1]
Club career[edit]
1. FC Nürnberg[edit]
In 2020, Šatkus signed his first professional contract with 1. FC Nürnberg. In German he played from summer of the 2020.[2][3] He appeared for the reserves, competing in Fußball-Regionalliga Bayern.
VfL Osnabrück[edit]
In the summer of 2022, Šatkus moved to 3. Liga club VfL Osnabrück.[4][5]
International career[edit]
Šatkus made his international debut for Lithuania national team on 17 November 2019 in a friendly match against New Zealand, which finished as a 1–0 home win.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Benas Šatkus at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Lietuvis pasirašė sutartį su devynis kartus Vokietijos čempionu tapusiu klubu".
- ^ "Perspektyvus lietuvis ruošiasi praverti pagrindinės "Nurnberg" komandos duris". 5 August 2020.
- ^ "VFL verpflichtet Litauens Nationalspieler Benas Šatkus". 13 April 2022.
- ^ "VFL Osnabrück verpflichtet Satkus: "Sofort Feuer und Flamme" - kicker".
- ^ "Lithuania-New Zealand | European Qualifiers 2020".
External links[edit]
- Benas Šatkus – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Benas Šatkus at Soccerway
- Benas Šatkus at DFB (also available in German)
- Benas Šatkus at kicker (in German)
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Categories:
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Klaipėda
- Lithuanian men's footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- Lithuania men's international footballers
- Lithuania men's under-21 international footballers
- Lithuania men's youth international footballers
- Regionalliga players
- 1. FC Nürnberg players
- 1. FC Nürnberg II players
- VfL Osnabrück players
- Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers
- Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Lithuanian football biography stubs