Deividas Česnauskis (born 30 June 1981) is a Lithuanian former professional

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who played as a winger. He made 63 FIFA-official appearances for the Lithuanian national team scoring four goals.

Club career

Early career

Česnauskis was born in

Kuršėnai Kuršėnai (; Samogitian dialect, Samogitian: ''Koršienā''; yi, קורשאַן ''Kurshon''; german: Kurschenen; pl, Kurszany; lv, Kuršēni) is the twenty-fifth largest city in Lithuania. According to the 2020 estimate, it had 10,829 resident ...

Lithuanian SSR The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; lt, Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika; russian: Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialistiche ...

. He started his career as a teenage prodigy with Ekranas Panevėžys.

In Russia

Česnauskis earned a move to the

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before his nineteenth birthday, when he joined

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

in 2000. In three years playing for Dynamo, he earned 80 caps across all competitions and scored six goals for the club. Česnauskis then joined city rivals

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москв ...

for the

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. At the end of the season, he won the Russian championship title with Lokomotiv.

Heart of Midlothian

Česnauskis agreed a transfer to Scotland with Heart of Midlothian in 2005. The terms of this deal involved him signing for FBK Kaunas and being immediately loaned to the

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side for three seasons. He made his Hearts debut against

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

in the

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. In the same match where

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got sent off for diving in the second-half 15 minutes after coming on as a sub. In the

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Česnauskis conceded a penalty from which Gretna were able to equalise and make it 1-1. However Hearts went on to win the match on penalties. Since November 2006, Česnauskis did not play for Hearts over a year due to injuries or simply not being picked, and only played two matches for the Lithuanian national team. He finally made his comeback for Hearts in January 2008 in an away match against

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, and soon after was voted

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in his return to Tynecastle in a 1–1 draw against Kilmarnock. He scored his fourth Hearts goal, and his fourth in the Scottish Cup, against Motherwell on 12 January 2008. He scored his first league goal for Hearts in a 2–1 defeat to Falkirk on 5 May 2008. On 26 February 2009, Česnauskis said he would leave Hearts in the summer unless he was given first team football before the end of the season, having started just two matches. On 27 April, it was confirmed with immediate effect that Česnauskis and his fellow Lithuanian teammate

Saulius Mikoliūnas Saulius Mikoliūnas (born 2 May 1984) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for A Lyga club Žalgiris and the Lithuania national team. He has previously played for Scottish Premier League club Heart of Midlot ...

, left Hearts.

In Greece

On 9 June 2009, Česnauskis signed a two-year contract with Ergotelis F.C. After one season at the club from

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, he signed a three-year contract with another Greek club,

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, on 7 June 2010.

FC Baku

In June 2011 Česnauskis signed a two-year contract with

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side

FC Baku FC Baku ( az, "Bakı" Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku that has been an amateur club since 2016. Prior to that, Baku played 18 seasons in the Azerbaijan Premier League, winning the championship twice and earning the Na ...

. In 2012, he won the

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with his team. Česnauskis was released by FC Baku at the end of the 2012–13 season after scoring eight goals in 52 appearances for the club. However, on 1 July 2013, Česnauskis signed a new contract with Baku.

FK Trakai

In 2014, he moved back to his home country and joined

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. With Trakai, he finished runners-up in the

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and

2016 A Lyga The 2016 A Lyga, also known as ''SMSCredit.lt A Lyga'' for sponsoring purposes was the 27th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier association football league of Lithuania. The season began on 2 March and ended on 26 November 2016. Žalgiris Vilnius ...

seasons and reached the final of the

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in 2016, in which his team lost 0–1 against

FK Žalgiris Futbolo klubas Žalgiris, commonly known as FK Žalgiris, Žalgiris Vilnius or simply Žalgiris, is a Lithuanian professional football club based in Vilnius. The club competes in the A Lyga, the top flight of Lithuanian football. The club wa ...

after

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. the At the end of the 2018 season, he retired from professional football.

International career

Česnauskis made eight appearances for the Lithuanian under-21 side. He made his debut for the full national team aged 20, on 4 July 2001 against

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. Until 2016, he earned 56 caps for his country, scoring four goals.

Post-retirement

In November 2018, Lithuanian first division team

announced Česnauskis as their new sporting director, alongside fellow former Lithuanian national

Deividas Šemberas Deividas Šemberas (born 2 August 1978) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. Club career Šemberas was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. On 13 July 2012, Šemberas moved to Alania Vladika ...

. In January 2020, the club announced that the contract with Česnauskis has been terminated by mutual consent. Since 2021, he has worked as a football agent and has his own agency called ''DC7 Agency''.

Personal life

His younger brother,

Edgaras Edgaras is a Lithuanian masculine given name. * Edgaras Česnauskis (born 1984), Lithuanian footballer who plays for FC Rostov * Edgaras Jankauskas (born 1975), Lithuanian retired footballer, and a current assistant manager at FC Lokomotiv Mosc ...

, is also a former professional footballer.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Česnauskis goal.''

Honours

Lokomotiv Moscow *

: 2004 Hearts of Midlothian *

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: 2011–12

References

External links

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Hearts appearances
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