Simas Skinderis Explained

Simas Skinderis
Birth Date:1981 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR
Currentclub:FK Nevėžis
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1997–2000
Years2:2001
Years3:2002
Years4:2002–2003
Years5:2004
Years6:2004
Years7:2005–2006
Years8:2007
Years9:2009–2011
Years10:2012
Years11:2013
Years12:2014–2016
Years13:2017
Clubs1:Ekranas
Clubs2:Dainava Alytus
Clubs3:Inkaras Kaunas
Clubs4:Atlantas
Clubs5:Šilutė
Clubs6:Torpedo-SKA Minsk
Clubs7:Naftan Navapolatsk
Clubs8:Akzhayik
Clubs9:Minsk
Clubs10:Belshina Babruysk
Clubs11:Slavia Mozyr
Clubs12:Haradzieja
Clubs13:Nevėžis
Caps1:18
Caps2:16
Caps3:12
Caps4:29
Caps5:13
Caps6:11
Caps7:31
Caps8:14
Caps9:54
Caps10:17
Caps11:13
Caps12:29
Caps13:1
Goals1:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals8:0
Goals9:0
Goals10:0
Goals11:0
Goals12:0
Goals13:0
Pcupdate:18 December 2016

Simas Skinderis (born 17 February 1981) is a retired Lithuanian professional footballer. He has played as goalkeeper in clubs in Lithuania, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

He ended his career in 2017 while playing for Nevėžis in the LFF I Lyga.[1] Skinderis has since resided in Belarus since 2009 and is a coach for a private football academy.

In a January 2021 interview with Russian news portal Tribuna, Skinderis expressed support for the regime of Alexander Lukashenko and made controversial statements about the protest movement of 2020-2021, saying that "Belarusians have a slightly kolkhoz-like mentality and you have to treat them more harshly" and that "order needs to be preserved and no gay-parades should be started etc".[2] [3] His remarks were criticized by sports journalist Alexander Ivulin.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kėdainių FK "Nevėžis" ruošiasi artėjančiam sezonui. FK Nevėžis. 2 March 2017. Lithuanian. 16 February 2017.
  2. Web site: 18 January 2021. "С белорусским менталитетом, немного колхозным, людей нужно держать пожестче". Вратарь из Литвы учит жизни в Беларуси. "With the slightly kolkhoz-like Belarusian mentality you have to rule the people more harshly": Lithuanian goalkeeper offers life advice in Belarus. 19 January 2021. bytribuna.global.ssl.fastly.net. ru.
  3. Web site: 18 January 2021. A.Lukašenkos režimą palaikantis S.Skinderis: "Kodėl gyvenu Baltarusijoje, o ne Lietuvoje? Nes čia geriau". S. Skinderis, supporter of A. Lukashenko's regime: "Why do I live in Belarus, not Lithuania? Since here it's better". 19 January 2021. sportas.lt. lt.
  4. Web site: 19 January 2021. Александр Ивулин: "Надеюсь, что Недосекову через пять лет будет стыдно". Alexander Ivulin: "I hope, that Nedosekov will be ashamed after five years". 19 January 2021. bytribuna.global.ssl.fastly.net. ru.