Vaidotas Šlekys (born 11 February 1972) is a retired

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, who last played for Ekranas Panevėžys.

Club career

Šlekys also played as a professional in

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and

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during his career. He never played for the Swiss club

FC Chur 97 Fussballclub Chur 97 is a football team from Chur, Switzerland who play in 2. Liga Interregional (division 5). It was founded in 1997 as a merger of FC Chur, FC Neustadt and SC Grischuna. Predecessor club FC Chur played in the second highes ...

despite being with them for over a year.

International career

He obtained a total number of 32 caps for the

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, scoring three goals.

Honours

National Team * Baltic Cup:

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