Audrius Kšanavičius (born 28 January 1977) is a

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who plays for

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 ...

as a

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Career

A left winger, Kšanavičius began his career with

in 1994, making over 150 appearances before moving to

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n champions

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in 2001. After three seasons with Skonto he returned to FBK Kaunas. He spent the 2005 season on

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to Atlantas Klaipėda. He joined

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club Hearts on a six-month loan in July 2007 after featuring in the club's 3–1 friendly defeat by

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. He scored his first league goal for Hearts in a 4–2 win over

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on 6 October. On 11 March 2008, he signed a new contract that extended his loan at Hearts until June 2009, before joining the club permanently in the summer. On 3 August, Kšanavičius scored the only goal of a 1–0 pre-season friendly win for Hearts over Premier League new boys Hull, and then six days later he scored his second league goal for Hearts as they beat Motherwell 3–2. On 8 January 2009, having found himself out of favour under Csaba László, Hearts announced that Kšanavičius had returned to FBK Kaunas after 18 months with the Tynecastle club.

International goals

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

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* * 1977 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Lithuanian footballers Lithuania international footballers Association football midfielders Lithuanian expatriate footballers FBK Kaunas footballers FK Atlantas players FK Kauno Žalgiris players Skonto FC players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players A Lyga players Latvian Higher League players Scottish Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Latvia Expatriate footballers in Scotland Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub