Vadimas Petrenko (born 26 March 1974 in

Klaipėda Klaipėda (; ; german: Memel; pl, Kłajpeda; russian: Клайпеда; sgs, Klaipieda) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous county, it is the third largest city and the only major seaport in Lithuan ...

) is a

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

n professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

, playing 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 ...

in the

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. He plays the position of

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and is a former member of the

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* 1974 births Living people Lithuanian footballers Lithuania international footballers FK Atlantas players FBK Kaunas footballers FK Žalgiris players FK Liepājas Metalurgs players Czech First League players SK Sigma Olomouc players FCI Levadia Tallinn players FK Panerys Vilnius players Lithuanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Latvia Expatriate footballers in Estonia FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod players Russian Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Russia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia 21st-century Ukrainian politicians Association football midfielders {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub