Antanas Lingis (26 December 1905 – 6 June 1941) was a Lithuanian footballer who played as a

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for

LFLS Kaunas LFLS Kaunas, or Lietuvos Fizinio Lavinimosi Sąjunga Kaunas, was a Lithuanian football club based in Kaunas in the years between World War I and World War II during Lithuania's first period of modern independence. The club was founded in 1919 an ...

and the Lithuania national team. For Lithuania he scored 12 goals in 33 appearances, which at the time was the record number of goals scored by an individual player for Lithuania. The first match he played for Lithuania was on 25 July 1928, a 3–0 loss against

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. His last cap was on 11 June 1938, a 2–0 loss against Estonia. At club level, Lingis won the Lithuanian A Lyga four times between 1922 and 1932 with LFLS Kaunas.

External links

RSSSF: Antanas Lingis - International Goals

1905 births 1941 deaths Lithuanian footballers Association football forwards Lithuania international footballers {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub