Gintaras Staučė (born 24 December 1969) is a Lithuanian

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coach and a former player.

Club career

Among the other teams he played for were

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in Turkey, and the

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International career

An outstanding goalkeeper, he won 61 caps for the

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, and is the former record holder for his country. On 30 August 2004, Staučė announced his international retirement ahead of the start of the

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qualifying campaign, and was replaced in the Lithuanian team by

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Coaching career

Upon retirement, he became part of

Stanislav Cherchesov Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov (russian: Станислав Саламович Черчесов, ; os, Черчесты Саламы фырт Станислав, Ĉerĉesty Salamy fyrt Stanislav; born 2 September 1963) is a Russian football ma ...

's coaching team as a goalkeeping coach, following Cherchesov with his appointments. At the

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, Cherchesov coached

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, who defeated

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in the Round of 16 in the penalty shoot-out, which Staučė helped to prepare Russia's goalkeeper

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for, analyzing the penalty taking tendencies of Spain players.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

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champion: 1992, 1993, 1994 (3) *

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winner: 1992 * Russian Cup winner: 1994 *

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runner-up: 1994–95 *

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runner-up: 1997–98

Country (USSR)

* UEFA Euro Under-16 third place: 1986 * UEFA Euro Under-18 winner: 1988

Individual

* Lithuanian Player of the Year: 1995, 1996

References

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