Mantas Fridrikas (born 13 September 1988) is a

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who plays for

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as a

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Career

Fridrikas made eight appearances and scored one goal for

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 ...

during the

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season. Fridrikas was hoping to move to

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side Heart of Midlothian in January 2009. Later plays for FC Fyn as a defender. From 2017 he played in FK Atlantas Klaipėda. From 2018 summer in

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Personal life

Fridrikas' father Robertas and his half-brother

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are also professional footballers.

References

Living people 1988 births Lithuanian footballers Association football defenders FBK Kaunas footballers FC Šiauliai players FK Žalgiris players FK Utenis Utena players FK Kauno Žalgiris players FC Fyn players FK Atlantas players FK Panevėžys players FC Hegelmann players A Lyga players Danish 1st Division players Lithuania international footballers Lithuanian expatriate footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub