Mindaugas Malinauskas (born 11 August 1983 in Vilnius) is a retired

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goalkeeper and current goalkeeper coach of FK Riteriai. Malinauskas has made two appearances for the Lithuania national football team.

Career

Malinauskas started his career with Zalgiris Vilnius debuting in the 2004 season. After a two-year spell with FBK Kaunas he moved to Latvia, signing for

FC Tranzit FC Tranzit was a Latvian football club that is based in Ventspils. Prior to 2010 it was known as FC Tranzīts.A Lyga.

Later career

In 2017, Malinauskas returned to his hometown, Vilnius, and joined FK Panerys (2017). He was also hired as a goalkeeper coach for Futbolo Mokykla „Ateitis“, a football school in Vilnius. He later played for FK Nevėžis Kėdainiai (2018–19), FM Ateitis (2019) and Rings-Avelita (2019) before retiring at the end of 2019.
In January 2020, 36-years old Malinauskas was hired as goalkeeper coach at FK Riteriai.„Riterių“ trenerių štabą papildė M.Malinauskas
sportas.lt, 27 January 2020

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