Mantas Kuklys (born 10 June 1987) is a
Lithuania
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footballer
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who plays for
Žalgiris and the
Lithuania national football team
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as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
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Professional career
He started his professional career at FK Šiauliai FK or fk may refer to:
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Place ...
(Šiauliai Club). On 26 November 2010 he moved to the K.V. Turnhout
K.F.C. Turnhout is a Belgian football club, from the municipality of Turnhout.
History
K.F.C. Turnhout was founded as ''Turnhout Sport'' in 1912 with matricule n°148. After World War I, the club was refounded as ''F.C. Turnhout'' with the same ...
. 2012 Signed a contract with Vilnius "Žalgiris". On 17 January 2018 Mantas Kuklys signed for Kazakh side FC Zhetysu
Jetisu Taldykorgan ( kk, Жетісу Талдықорған футбол клубы, ''Jetisý Taldyqorǵan Fýtbol Klýby'') is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Zhetysu stadium in Taldykorgan. They are founding members of the K ...
. In 2021 returned to FK Žalgiris
Futbolo klubas Žalgiris, commonly known as FK Žalgiris, Žalgiris Vilnius or simply Žalgiris, is a Lithuanian professional football club based in Vilnius. The club competes in the A Lyga, the top flight of Lithuanian football. The club wa ...
.
On 2023 season belonged to FA Šiauliai
Football Academy of Šiauliai or FA Šiauliai is a Lithuanian football academy from the city of Šiauliai. The team is simply known as "Šiauliai". The academy train women's and men's teams, as well as children's and underage groups in "U" typ ...
(Šiauliai Academy).
References
1987 births
Living people
Lithuanian footballers
Association football midfielders
Lithuania international footballers
FC Šiauliai players
KFC Turnhout players
FK Žalgiris players
Bohemians 1905 players
FC Zhetysu players
A Lyga players
Challenger Pro League players
Czech First League players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
Lithuanian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
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