Ignas Dedura (born 6 January 1978) is a Lithuanian former football player.

Club career

Dedura began his career at

FBK Kaunas Kauno futbolo ir beisbolo klubas, commonly known as FBK Kaunas, was a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas. History Banga Kaunas (1960–1993) Originally the team was founded in 1960 as Banga Kaunas and played its first three years ...

in 1997, scoring 13 goals in 105 appearances, before moving to

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in 2001 where he played for FC Torpedo-ZIL. He only made ten appearances for the club and later that year he moved to Latvian club

Skonto FC Skonto FC was a Latvian football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption (15 in total), and often provided the core of the Latv ...

where he stayed until 2004, making 79 appearances and scoring eight goals. In 2004, together with his manager

Aleksandrs Starkovs Aleksandrs Starkovs (born 26 July 1955) is a Latvian football coach and a former player. Most recently he coached FK Liepāja. Starkovs has managed clubs such as Spartak Moscow in Russia, FK Baku in Azerbaijan and Skonto FC in Latvia. He had t ...

, he moved once again to Russia, this time to play for Spartak Moscow where he played until 2009."СПАРТАК" ГОВОРИТ СПАСИБО КОВАЛЬЧУКУ, ДЕДУРЕ И НИЗАМУТДИНОВУ
After unsuccessful spell with

FC Salyut Belgorod FC Salyut Belgorod is a Russian association football club based in Belgorod. They play in the FNL 2. History The club was founded in 1960 and has been known as: * ''Tsementnik'' (Cement Worker) (1960–63) * '' Spartak'' (1964–69) * ''Salyut'' ...

in 2010, in February 2011 Dedura returned to Lithuania and signed a two-year deal with

FK Ekranas Panevėžio Ekranas is a Lithuanian football club, from the city of Panevėžys. It won 7 top-tier champion and 5 national cup titles throughout its existence. The club was founded in 1964 and for 44 years competed in the top tier of Lithuanian ...

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In both of those seasons Deduras was a regular player in the team, as well as winning the league in both of those years. At the end of his second season he didn't extend his contract due to the club having financial issues and not being able to pay the wages. In winter 2013 Dedura joined very young

I lyga The I Lyga, LFF I Lyga, Pirma Lyga, is the second tier of professional Lithuanian football championship. Format Organized by the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF), I Lyga is contested by 14-16 teams, with the top team gaining promotion to ...

, which was a 2nd tier of Lithuanian football pyramid, side

FK Kauno Žalgiris Futbolo klubas Kauno Žalgiris (''Football club Kauno Žalgiris'') is a professional football club based in Kaunas, Lithuania, that competes in the A lyga, the top tier of Lithuania. The club was founded as FM Spyris Kaunas in 2004, became the ...

. After being revealed, the defender expressed his desire to become a coach one day, as he was also instantly promoted to being a captain and a playing coach.

International career

Dedura has played for the

Lithuania national football team The Lithuania national football team ( lt, Lietuvos nacionalinė futbolo rinktinė) represents Lithuania in international football and is controlled by the Lithuanian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Lithuania. They play ...

References

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Spartak Moscow profile
1978 births Living people Lithuanian footballers Lithuanian expatriate footballers Lithuania men's international footballers FBK Kaunas footballers FK Ekranas players FK Kauno Žalgiris players FC Moscow players Skonto FC players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Salyut Belgorod players A Lyga players Russian Premier League players Latvian Higher League players Expatriate footballers in Russia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Latvia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Men's association football defenders {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub