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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1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

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* 1972 births Living people Men's association football forwards Lithuanian men's footballers Lithuania men's international footballers FK Ekranas players FC Wil players FC Lugano players FC Schaffhausen players FC Vaduz players Expatriate men's footballers in Liechtenstein SC Rheindorf Altach players FC Chur 97 players Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub