Audrius Šlekys (2 April 1975 - 27 July 2003) was a

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player.

Club career

Šlekys played for several clubs in his hometown

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and had spells in Russia with

Alania Vladikavkaz FC Alania Vladikavkaz (, ) is a Russian association football, football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League during the communist era, and won its first and only league title in the 1995 Russian Top Leag ...

and

Metallurg Lipetsk FC Metallurg Lipetsk () is an association football club in Lipetsk, Russia, formed in 1957. Their home, Metallurg Stadium, is located on Pervomayskaya Street, 59, in Lipetsk. History Their best result came in 1997 when they came 2nd in the Russia ...

. In 2002 he topped the Lithuanian goalscoring charts with 19 goals 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) The roots of the club can be traced back to 1960 when Banga Kaunas was founded and they p ...

International career

He made his debut for

in a July 1996

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against

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, his only international game.

Death

Šlekys was killed in a car accident in July 2003, after he lost control of his BMW near the village of Žiegždriai.Autoavarijoje žuvo futbolininkas A.Šlekys
- DELFI

Honours

;Individual *

A Lyga The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) (). History The first football league was established in Lithuania in 1924, and in various forms existed until 1939. ...

top scorer:

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(19 goals) ;Inkaras Kaunas *

champion: 1994–95, 1995–96 *

bronze: 1996–97 *

Lithuanian Football Cup The Lithuanian Football Federation Cup (), also known as Hegelmann LFF Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian football cup competition contested in a knockout tournament format. The winner of the cup gains entitlement to participate in th ...

winner: 1995 *

runner-up: 1996, 1997 ;Žalgiris Kaunas/FBK Kaunas *

champion:

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

bronze: 1998–99 *

winner: 2002 *

runner-up: 1999

References

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1975 births 2003 deaths Footballers from Kaunas Men's association football forwards Lithuanian men's footballers Lithuania men's international footballers FBK Kaunas footballers FK Inkaras Kaunas players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Metallurg Lipetsk players Russian Premier League players Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Road incident deaths in Lithuania {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub