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 ...
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football
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coach and a former player. He is the manager of Neptūnas.
Playing career
Trakys started his professional career in 1995 with
FK Panerys Vilnius
FK Panerys Vilnius is a defunct Lithuanian football club from the capital Vilnius, which was founded in 1975. During the 1998–1999 season in the A Lyga
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in his native Lithuania. He played for FC Harelbeke and
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)
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before moving to
Russia
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to play for
Torpedo Moscow
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. After a year with
FC Khimki
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History
The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, ...
, Trakys left Russia to play for
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Businesses and institutions
* Danish Trade Union Confederation ( da, Fagbevægelsens Hovedorganisation, links=no)
* Faculty of Humanities (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
* Fachhochschule, in German, a college of h ...
in
Iceland
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. Trakys then moved to
Germany
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, playing for Greuther Fürth.
Since 2004, Trakys has played in Russia, Lithuania, Azerbaijan and Greece. He was top scorer in the Lithuanian A Lyga in the 2009 season. In January 2010, he signed a six-month contract with Greek
Beta Ethniki
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side
Panserraikos
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. Trakys left Panserraikos after they breached his contract.
Trakys then had a trial spell with
Scottish Premier League
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club Hibernian, and signed on 14 September. He made his first starting appearance for Hibs in a 3–0 win against Rangers at Ibrox on 10 November 2010, but was informed by
manager
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Colin Calderwood
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As a player, he was a centre-back who notably played in the Premier League for Tottenham Hots ...
in April 2011 that his contract would not be renewed.
Career statistics
International goals
''Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first. ''
Coaching career
From 2014 was head coach of
FK Palanga
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History
FK Palanga was found ...
. In 2017 season with FK Palanga won Lithuanian First League and team was promoted to 2018
A Lyga
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