Karolis Uzėla (born 11 March 2000) is a Lithuanian

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player. He plays for Lithuanian club Kauno Žalgiris.

Club career

He spent the 2018–19 season on loan at Italian club

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, where he mostly played for their Under-19 squad. He was called up to the senior team for

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games on two occasions but remained on the bench in both games. On 25 January 2022, he signed a three-year contract with RFS in Latvia. On 28 June 2023, Uzėla signed for Lithuanian club Kauno Žalgiris, on a contract until 31 December 2024.

International career

He made his debut for the

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on 2 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against

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, a 1–4 home loss. He substituted

Ovidijus Verbickas Ovidijus Verbickas (born 4 July 1993) is a Lithuanian professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Lithuanian club Žalgiris and Lithuania national team. History Since the summer of 2011, Verbickas played for the youth squad of Zenit ...

in the 80th minute.

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* * 2000 births Living people Lithuanian men's footballers Lithuania men's youth international footballers Lithuania men's under-21 international footballers Lithuania men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders FK Žalgiris players SPAL players FK RFS players A Lyga players Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub