Darius Miceika (born 22 February 1983 in

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, Lithuanian SSR,

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) is a retired professional

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from

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. He has also played for Lithuanian national team.

Club career

Miceika started his career at Polonija Vilnius in 2000. He then moved to

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in 2001 before moving to Russian Premier League club

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in 2002, with whom he won the

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in 2003. He moved to Latvia in 2005 with

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club, Liepājas Metalurgs. In his first season at the club, 2005, he scored in the 2–1 Latvian Cup final defeat to FK Ventspils on 25 September. In the

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Virslīga season he was third top scorer in the league with 13 goals and second top Liepājas Metalurgs scorer. He scored a

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on 26 April in a 6–1 win over Dižvanagi Rēzekne. In December 2006 he was named joint best midfielder with Skonto player,

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for the 2006 season in Latvia by the Latvian Football Federation. He spent the first half of 2009 playing for Granit Mikashevichi in the

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. During the summer transfer window of 2009 he was transferred to FC Metalurh Zaporizhya. In August 2010 he joined the

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n 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.

Honours

*FC Zenit Saint Petersburg ** Russian Premier League runner-up (1):

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winner (1): 2003 *FK Liepājas Metalurgs **

winner (1): 2005 **

runner-up (3): 2006, 2007, 2008 ** Latvian Cup winner (1): 2006 ** Baltic League winner (1):

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References

External links

*
Profile at national-football-teams.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miceika, Darius 1983 births Living people Lithuanian people of Polish descent Lithuanian footballers Association football midfielders Lithuania international footballers Lithuanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belarus Expatriate footballers in Estonia Expatriate footballers in Latvia Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players FK Žalgiris players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FK Liepājas Metalurgs players FC Granit Mikashevichi players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players FC Khimki players FC SKA-Khabarovsk players FK Riteriai players JK Sillamäe Kalev players Meistriliiga players