Donatas Vencevičius (born 28 November 1973 in

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

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) is a Lithuanian

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coach and former

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, who currently serves as the assistant coach of Polish club

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała TS Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała () is a football club based in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. They currently compete in the I liga, the second tier of Polish football. History The club was essentially founded on 11 July 1997, although it can trace i ...

. Vencevičius started his career at Žalgiris Vilnius. In 2001, while playing for

FC København Football Club Copenhagen ( da, Football Club København, ), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on ...

, he became champion of the

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...

. In 2002, he played for the

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club

IK Start Idrettsklubben Start (or simply IK Start, translates to The sports club Start ) is a Norwegian football club from the city of Kristiansand that currently plays in the 1. divisjon, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system. The clu ...

. Donatas also made a mediocre stay in the Swedish club

GIF Sundsvall Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (), Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollförbund and plays its h ...

during the season 2005. He started his manager career in 2007 after announcing his retirement from professional football as a player and was first assistant, then head coach

FK Vėtra FK Vėtra was a Lithuanian football team from the capital city of Vilnius. History The club was founded in 1997 and was initially based in Rūdiškės, a settlement in Trakai district, and moved in 2003 to Vilnius city with the purchase of ...

in one season before moving to

FK Sūduva FK Sūduva is a Lithuanian professional football club based in the city of Marijampolė. Founded in 1968, the club competes in the A Lyga, the top flight of Lithuanian football. The club has been playing in the A Lyga since 2002. In 2006, ...

in 2009 to take up an assistant coach position. Before 2010 season Sūduva appointed Vencevičius as the head coach. On 24 May 2011 he was named new manager of

II liga II liga (Druga Liga, ), currently named eWinner II liga due to sponsorship reasons by eWinner, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season ''II Liga'' referr ...

club

Wigry Suwałki Wigry Suwałki is a Polish football club based in Suwałki, Podlaskie Voivodeship. In the 2022–23 season, they will compete in IV liga, having withdrawn from II liga II liga (Druga Liga, ), currently named eWinner II liga due to sponsorsh ...

. On 14 December 2016 he signed a two-year contract with Lithuanian

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club

Jonava Jonava ( ; pl, Janów; german: Janau) is the ninth largest city in Lithuania with a population of . It is located in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, north east of Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. It is served by Kaunas Internat ...

Honours

Žalgiris Vilnius *

: 1991–92 * Lithuanian Cup: 1991, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97 Polonia Warsaw *

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

: 1999–00 Copenhagen * Superliga: 2000–01

International goals

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* * 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Alytus Men's association football midfielders Lithuanian footballers Lithuania men's international footballers FK Žalgiris players FC Vilnius players Polonia Warsaw players F.C. Copenhagen players Marsaxlokk F.C. players GIF Sundsvall players IK Start players A Lyga players Ekstraklasa players Danish Superliga players Allsvenskan players Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate footballers in Malta Expatriate footballers in Poland Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Lithuanian football managers Lithuanian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Poland FK Sūduva managers Wigry Suwałki managers FK Jonava managers A Lyga managers I liga managers II liga managers {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub