Rytis Leliūga Explained

Rytis Leliūga
Fullname:Rytis Leliūga
Birth Date:1987 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Mažeikiai, Lithuanian SSR, USSR
(now Republic of Lithuania)
Currentclub:FK Jelgava
Clubnumber:19
Position:Midfielder
Years1:2005–2006
Years2:2006
Years3:2007–2009
Years4:2009–2010
Years5:2011
Years6:2012
Years7:2012
Years8:2012–2014
Years9:2014–2015
Years10:2015–2016
Years11:2017–
Clubs1:Exeter City
Clubs2:Bryne FK
Clubs3:Herfølge Boldklub
Clubs4:HB Køge
Clubs5:FK Šiauliai
Clubs6:Gjøvik FF
Clubs7:Liepājas Metalurgs
Clubs8:FK Žalgiris Vilnius
Clubs9:JK Sillamäe Kalev
Clubs10:HamKam
Clubs11:FK Jelgava
Caps3:1
Caps4:13
Caps5:5
Caps7:20
Caps8:41
Caps9:3
Caps11:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:1
Goals7:6
Goals8:12
Goals9:0
Goals11:0
Nationalyears1:2003
Nationalyears2:2004–2005
Nationalyears3:2006–2009
Nationalteam1:Lithuania U-17
Nationalteam2:Lithuania U-19
Nationalteam3:Lithuania U-21
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalcaps2:3
Nationalcaps3:7
Nationalgoals1:1
Nationalgoals2:1
Nationalgoals3:0
Pcupdate:27 March 2017
Ntupdate:7 August 2010

Rytis Leliūga (born 4 January 1987) is a Lithuanian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder (association football) for FK Jelgava.

Leliūga is from Lithuania, whose national team he has represented at Under-18 level. He signed professional terms with Exeter at the beginning of the 2005/06 season and is a midfielder. He was released by Exeter City and signed for Norwegian club Bryne.

After being released by Exeter he had a trial (1. week of July 2006) at Norwegian 1. div club Bryne FK and signed a contract until the end of the season. However, in January 2007 he was persuaded to switch to Danish side Herfølge BK by fellow Lithuanian Aurelijus Skarbalius, who is the manager of the club. He left the club in 2010.

In April 2012 he signed for the Norwegian club Gjøvik FF, where he played till July. In July 2012 Leliūga joined the Latvian Higher League club Liepājas Metalurgs.[1] In August 2012 Leliūga was named the best Latvian Higher League player of the month.[2] All in all he participated in 25 matches, scoring 8 goals for Metalurgs, 20 and 8 of those, respectively, were achieved in the Latvian Higher League. On 21 December 2012 Leliūga moved to the Lithuanian A Lyga side Žalgiris Vilnius.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Metalurgam" pievienojas lietuviešu pussargs Leliūgs – Virslīga – Futbols – Sportacentrs.com . 2012-07-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120708234921/http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/02072012-metalurgam_pievienojas_lietuviesu_pussarg . 8 July 2012.
  2. Web site: Virslīgas labākais augustā - Leliūga – Virslīga – Futbols – Sportacentrs.com . 2012-09-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021071606/http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/10092012-virsligas_labakais_augusta_leliuga . 21 October 2012.
  3. Web site: Lapa īslaicīgi nav pieejama.