Tomas Tamošauskas (born 22 May 1983) is a Lithuanian football manager and a former

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Club career

Tamošauskas began his career at Banga Gargždai in 2000. In 2001, he moved to

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where he scored the club's consolation goal in their

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qualifying round match against

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which they lost 3–1. He then moved to

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to play for

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in 2003 where he made just one league appearance and played mostly reserve team football. On 10 February 2005 he moved back to Lithuania with

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on loan from Dynamo Moscow. In 2006, he moved to Latvia to play for Liepājas Metalurgs. On 16 August 2007 he scored the winning goal for Metalurgs in their 3–2 win over

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in their 2007-08 UEFA Cup second qualifying round match. From summer 2009 to 2012 Tomašauskas was the captain of Liepājas Metalurgs. In January 2013 Tomašauskas moved to the

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. At the start of 2014 he returned to Lithuania, joining Klaipėdos Granitas. He left the team in July the same year.

International career

Tamošauskas has played for the Lithuanian Under-21 team and the Lithuania national team 18 times, scoring 1 goal.

Honours

;Club *

Latvian Cup The Latvian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Latvian football. Since 2021, its full name is Responsible Game Latvian Football Cup (''Atbildīgas spēles Latvijas kauss'') due to the sponsorship by sports betting company Wil ...

winner (1): 2006 *

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winner (1): 2007 *

champion (1): 2009

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tamosauskas, Tomas 1983 births Living people Lithuanian footballers People from Gargždai Lithuanian expatriate footballers Lithuania international footballers FK Atlantas players FBK Kaunas footballers FK Liepājas Metalurgs players FC Dynamo Moscow players FK Daugava (2003) players Expatriate footballers in Latvia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Expatriate footballers in Russia Russian Premier League players Lithuanian football managers FK Banga Gargždai managers Association football midfielders