Irmantas Stumbrys | |
Birth Date: | 1972 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Tauragė, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
Death Place: | Panevėžys, Lithuania |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1991–1994 |
Years2: | 1995–1997 |
Years3: | 1997 |
Years4: | 1998 |
Years5: | 1999 |
Years6: | 1999–2000 |
Clubs1: | Ekranas Panevėžys |
Clubs2: | Kareda-Sakalas Šiauliai |
Clubs3: | Zenit St. Petersburg |
Clubs4: | → Ekranas Panevėžys (loan) |
Clubs5: | Zenit St. Petersburg II |
Clubs6: | Torpedo-ZIL |
Caps1: | 76 |
Caps2: | 51 |
Caps3: | 15 |
Caps4: | 22 |
Caps5: | 5 |
Caps6: | 52 |
Goals1: | 20 |
Goals2: | 9 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Goals4: | 4 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Goals6: | 7 |
Totalcaps: | 221 |
Totalgoals: | 41 |
Nationalyears1: | 1995–1999 |
Nationalteam1: | Lithuania |
Nationalcaps1: | 37 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Irmantas Stumbrys (30 May 1972 – 16 November 2000) was a Lithuanian football player who played as a midfielder. He has played for a number of first division Lithuanian teams and for some Russian sides including Zenit.
He started his career at Ekranas Panevėžys and played for Kareda-Sakalas Šiauliai before moving abroad to join Russian giants Zenit St. Petersburg in 1997. He had just won promotion to the Russian Premier League with Torpedo-ZIL before his death.
Stumbrys made his debut for Lithuania in a November 1991 Baltic Cup match against Latvia and earned a total of 37 caps, scoring 2 goals. His final international was an October 1999 European Championship qualifying match against Scotland.[1]
He died in November 2000 after getting shot in his head in Panevėžys, Lithuania. His body was found in his car.[2] His death was considered suicide[3] after police investigations.[4]
He was survived by his wife and his son.[5]