Darius Miceika Explained

Darius Miceika
Height:1.80NaN0
Birth Date:1983 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Position:Midfielder
Years1:2000
Years2:2001–2002
Years3:2002–2004
Years4:2005–2008
Years5:2009
Years6:2009–2010
Years7:2010
Years8:2011–2012
Years9:2012–2014
Years10:2014
Years11:2015
Clubs1:Polonija Vilnius
Clubs2:Žalgiris Vilnius
Clubs3:Zenit Saint Petersburg
Clubs4:Liepājas Metalurgs
Clubs5:Granit Mikashevichi
Clubs6:Metalurh Zaporizhya
Clubs7:Liepājas Metalurgs
Clubs8:Khimki
Clubs9:SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk
Clubs10:Trakai
Clubs11:Sillamäe Kalev
Caps1:5
Caps2:26
Caps3:8
Caps4:63
Caps5:13
Caps6:14
Caps7:10
Caps8:37
Caps9:8
Caps10:28
Caps11:5
Goals1:0
Goals2:4
Goals3:1
Goals4:19
Goals5:1
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals8:2
Goals9:0
Goals10:4
Goals11:0
Nationalyears1:2005–2009
Nationalteam1:Lithuania
Nationalcaps1:10
Nationalgoals1:1

Darius Miceika (born 22 February 1983) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer. He has played for Lithuanian national team.

Club career

Miceika started his career at Polonija Vilnius in 2000. He then moved to FK Žalgiris Vilnius in 2001 before moving to Russian Premier League club FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2002,[1] with whom he won the Russian Premier League Cup in 2003. He moved to Latvia in 2005 with Virslīga club, Liepājas Metalurgs.[2] In his first season at the club, 2005, he scored in the 2–1 Latvian Cup final defeat to FK Ventspils on 25 September.[3] [4] In the 2006 Virslīga season he was third top scorer in the league with 13 goals and second top Liepājas Metalurgs scorer. He scored a hat-trick on 26 April in a 6–1 win over Dižvanagi Rēzekne.[5] In December 2006 he was named joint best midfielder with Skonto player, Vitālijs Astafjevs for the 2006 season in Latvia by the Latvian Football Federation.[6] He spent the first half of 2009 playing for Granit Mikashevichi in the Belarusian Premier League. During the summer transfer window of 2009 he was transferred to FC Metalurh Zaporizhya.[7]

In August 2010 he joined the Latvian champions FK Liepājas Metalurgs once again, that season playing 10 matches and scoring no goals in the LMT Virsliga. After the 2010 season he was released from the club.

International career

Miceika made his debut for Lithuania on 6 September 2006, against Scotland. Brought on as a substitute after 81 minutes, four minutes later he scored a goal, which ended up being his only goal for national team. Despite his goal, Lithuania lost the match 2–1.[8]

International goal

Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.[9]

Honours

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Transfers: 11–21 July 2002 . . 2002-04-30 . 2008-02-08 .
  2. News: No pushover for Skonto . . 2005-04-08 . 2008-02-08 .
  3. Web site: Latvia 2005 . . 2007-03-21 . 2008-02-08.
  4. News: Ventspils celebrate cup treble . . 2005-09-27 . 2008-02-08 .
  5. Web site: Latvia 2006 . . 2007-03-21 . 2008-02-08.
  6. News: Kolinko given Latvian honour . . 2006-12-04 . 2008-02-08 .
  7. News: ru:Запорожский Металлург: еще два новичка . football.ua. Russian . 2009-07-17 . . 2009-07-17.
  8. Web site: Match Reports: Lithuania 1 – 2 Scotland . football.co.uk . 2006-09-06 . 2008-02-08.
  9. Web site: Lithuania vs. Scotland match report. eu-football.info. 9 November 2023.