Karolis Laukžemis (born 11 March 1992) is a Lithuanian professional

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who plays as a striker for Ayutthaya United F.C. of the

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and Lithuania national team.

Career

Born in

Palanga Palanga (; bat-smg, Palonga; pl, Połąga; german: Polangen) is a seaside resort town in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea. Palanga is the busiest summer resort in Lithuania and has sandy beaches (18 km, 11 miles long ...

, Lithuania he has played club football for

FK Atlantas FK Atlantas was a Lithuanian football team from the port city of Klaipėda. The club's name has changed several times. It was established in 1962 as ''Granitas'', and became ''PSK Aras'' in 1993. Since 1996, when FK Sirijus Klaipėda was abso ...

, FK Klaipėdos Granitas,

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and

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. In 2017 he was one of the main figures to help FK Suduva Marijampole to win their first championship ever. He was awarded as best player of A lyga in that season. On 26 October 2020, Laukžemis moved to Maltese club Hibernians on a one-year deal. On 2 September 2022 Sūduva announced about deal with Laukžemis till the end of the A Lyga 2023 season.

International career

Laukžemis made his international debut for the

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in 2018.

International stats

International goals

:''Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.''

Honours

Atlantas *

A Lyga The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. The A Lyga is an abbreviation of Aukščiausia lyga meaning Highest League. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation LFF ( lt, Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija). The Aukš� ...

runner-up:

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Sūduva *

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* Lithuanian Cup runner-up:

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Lithuanian Supercup The Lithuanian Supercup () or LFF Supercup is an annual football match contested between the champions of the previous A Lyga season and the holders of the Lithuanian Football Cup. It is organised by and named after Lithuanian Football Federation a ...

: 2018 Jelgava *

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runner-up:

Individual *

Player of the Year:

Player of the Month: March 2018

References

External links

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Karolis Laukžemis
at Lietuvos Futbolas 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Palanga Lithuanian men's footballers Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Lithuania men's international footballers FK Atlantas players FK Palanga players FK Minija Kretinga players FK Klaipėdos Granitas players FK Sūduva players FS Jelgava players NK Istra 1961 players Hibernians F.C. players A Lyga players Latvian Higher League players Croatian Football League players Maltese Premier League players Karolis Laukzemis Slovenian PrvaLiga players Men's association football forwards Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Malta {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub