Valdemar Borovskij (also known as Valdemaras Borovskis; born 2 May 1984) is a Lithuanian professional

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who plays as a

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for

A Lyga The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. The A Lyga is an abbreviation of Aukščiausia lyga meaning Highest League. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation LFF ( lt, Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija). The Aukš� ...

club Riteriai.

Career

On 8 February 2015, Borovskij signed with Bulgarian club

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following a successful trial period. On 22 February, he was

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for a second yellow card in his official debut - a 0:1 away loss against champions Ludogorets Razgrad in the second leg of a

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match. Before the start of 2016 season Valdemar signed one year contract with

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winners

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. He became one of his team leaders and helped team to qualify into the Championship round. Borovskij was elected into the A Lyga Team of the Week 8 times and was elected ''FK Lietava Player of the Year'' after season ended. On 26 December 2016, he agreed to join A Lyga vice-champions

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International career

Borovskij's good form in the 2011 A Lyga season saw him named in the Lithuanian squad for a friendly against

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. On 25 March 2011, he made his Lithuania debut in the 2–0 win over Poland, coming on for

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as a substitute in the 82nd minute.

Career statistics

National team

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* * 1984 births Living people Lithuanian men's footballers Lithuania men's international footballers FK Vėtra players FC Šiauliai players FK Sūduva players FK Jonava players FK Riteriai players FK Daugava (2003) players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players A Lyga players Latvian Higher League players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Men's association football fullbacks {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub