Vytautas Andriuškevičius (born 8 October 1990), commonly known as Vytas, is a retired Lithuanian

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who played as a left back. He is now an assistant coach for the

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of the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

Playing career

Club

Andriuškevičius began his professional career in 2007 with

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 Lithuania. From 2007 to 2008, he was loaned to FBK Kaunas's second team to gain experience as a starter. However, he was unable to earn meaningful playing time, and soon signed with Lechia Gdańsk of the Polish

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. On 3 April 2013, he joined

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is name ...

on a one-year contract with an option for an additional three years. In 2014, Andriuškevičius signed with

SC Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2020–21 Ee ...

of the Dutch

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. On 13 May 2016, he left the team after it was relegated from Eredivisie to

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. On 14 July 2016, he signed with the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer (MLS) and played for two years there. On 7 August 2018, it was announced that he had transferred within MLS to

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in exchange for $50,000 of

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. He suffered a hip flexor injury during training which sidelined him for the rest of the season. He was released by D.C. United at the end of the 2018 season after not making a single appearance. In 2019, he played five games for Lithuanian team FK Sūduva, which won the

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that season. On July 8, 2019, he transferred to Kazakh team

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and played 12 games there. For the 2020 season, he transferred to another Kazakh team,

FC Kyzylzhar FC Kyzylzhar ( kk, Қызылжар футбол клубы, Qyzylzhar fytbol kluby) is a Kazakhstani football club, playing in the north Kazakh city of Petropavl at the Karasai Stadium. They are founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League ...

, and played 10 games. He announced his retirement in April 2021.

International

Andriuškevičius was part of the

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. On 10 September 2019 he scored his only international goal, against

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in a 1–5 loss.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, Andriuškevičius moved back to

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and began coaching youth sports. On 11 May 2022,

— the women's team in the same organization as the Timbers — hired Andriuškevičius as an assistant coach.

Career statistics

Club

National team

International goals

:''Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.''

References

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* * 1990 births Living people Allsvenskan players Men's association football defenders Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Ekstraklasa players III liga players Eredivisie players Expatriate footballers in Poland Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate soccer players in the United States FBK Kaunas footballers Lechia Gdańsk players Lechia Gdańsk II players Lithuanian expatriate footballers Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Lithuanian footballers Lithuania men's international footballers Major League Soccer players Portland Timbers players Portland Timbers 2 players SC Cambuur players Sportspeople from Alytus USL Championship players D.C. United players Portland Thorns FC non-playing staff National Women's Soccer League coaches {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub