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Karolis Chvedukas

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Karolis Chvedukas
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-04-21)21 April 1991[1]
Place of birth Marijampolė, Lithuania
Date of death 19 June 2023(2023-06-19) (aged 32)[2]
Place of death Marijampolė, Lithuania
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Sūduva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2016 Sūduva 163 (23)
2016–2017 RNK Split 13 (1)
2017 Chojniczanka Chojnice 6 (0)
2017 Sūduva 7 (0)
2018 Dundalk 7 (1)
2019 Waterford 19 (0)
2020 Oratory Youths
2021 KPV Kokkola 7 (0)
2023 Marijampolė City 13 (2)
International career
2012–2019 Lithuania 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Karolis Chvedukas (21 April 1991 – 19 June 2023) was a Lithuanian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

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Chvedukas moved to Polish I liga side Chojniczanka Chojnice in February 2017.[3]

Chvedukas returned to Sūduva on 12 July 2017 after a one-year spell abroad.[4]

Chvedukas signed for League of Ireland side Dundalk on 8 January 2018.[5] Chvedukas scored his first goal for Dundalk in an 8–0 defeat of Limerick on 1 March 2018.

On 8 February 2019, Dundalk announced that Chvedukas had left the club by mutual consent.[6] Shortly afterwards, Waterford announced his signing on their official website.[7]

On 28 August 2020, Chvedukas signed for Oratory Youths F.C. playing in the 1st Division League of the Gozo Football Association on the island of Gozo, Malta.

International career

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Chvedukas made his first international appearance for the Lithuania national team in a friendly in and against Armenia on 5 March 2014, playing 72 minutes from the start.[8]

Death

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Chvedukas died on 19 June 2023, at the age of 32, due to murder followed by cardiomyopathy. [9][10]

Honours

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Sūduva[11]

Dundalk[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Karolis Chvedukas". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Dėl K. Chveduko mirties – prokuratūros pranešimas: pasirodžiusi informacija neatitinka realybės". Lietuvos rytas (in Lithuanian). 7 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. ^ Karolis Chvedukas piłkarzem Chojniczanki‚ 90minut.pl, 21 February 2017
  4. ^ "Karolis Chvedukas: "Smagu grįžti į "Sūduvą"" (in Lithuanian). FK Sūduva. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Chvedukas Signs For Lilywhites". Dundalk FC. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Chvedukas Leaves DFC". Dundalk FC. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Chvedukas Signs". Waterford FC. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Armenia football team defeated Lithuania 4:2, 14 November 2012". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  9. ^ Netikėtai mirė buvęs Lietuvos rinktinės futbolininkas Karolis Chvedukas (in Lithuanian)
  10. ^ "Prokuratūra: futbolininko Chveduko mirtis nesusijusi su smurtu". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 7 July 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Paaiškėjo 32-ejų futbolininko Chveduko mirties priežastis". Delfi (in Lithuanian). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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