Gintaras Staučė (born 24 December 1969) is a Lithuanian
football
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coach and former player who is currently the goalkeeping coach of the
Kazakhstan national team.
Club career
Among the other teams he played for were
Spartak Moscow,
Galatasaray in Turkey, and the
Bundesliga
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's
MSV Duisburg
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.
International career
An outstanding goalkeeper, he won 61 caps for the
Lithuanian national football team, and is the former record holder for his country.
On 30 August 2004, Staučė announced his international retirement ahead of the start of the
2006 FIFA World Cup
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qualifying campaign, and was replaced in the Lithuanian team by
Žydrūnas Karčemarskas.
Coaching career
Upon retirement, he became part of
Stanislav Cherchesov's coaching team as a goalkeeping coach, following Cherchesov with his appointments. At the
2018 FIFA World Cup
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, Cherchesov coached
Russia
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, who defeated
Spain
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in the Round of 16 in the penalty shoot-out, which Staučė helped to prepare Russia's goalkeeper
Igor Akinfeev for, analyzing the penalty taking tendencies of Spain players.
Career statistics
Honours
Club
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Russian Premier League
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champion: 1992, 1993, 1994 (3)
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Soviet Cup
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winner: 1992
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Russian Cup winner: 1994
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Turkish Cup
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runner-up: 1994–95
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German Cup
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runner-up: 1997–98
Country (USSR)
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UEFA Euro Under-16 third place: 1986
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UEFA Euro Under-18 winner: 1988
Individual
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Lithuanian Player of the Year: 1995, 1996
References
External links
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Career statistics
1969 births
Sportspeople from Alytus
Living people
Soviet men's footballers
Lithuanian men's footballers
Lithuania men's international footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
FC Spartak Moscow players
Galatasaray S.K. footballers
Karşıyaka S.K. footballers
Sarıyer S.K. footballers
MSV Duisburg players
A.P.O. Akratitos Ano Liosia players
Fostiras F.C. players
Athens Kallithea F.C. players
FK Daugava (2003) players
Russian Premier League players
Süper Lig players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Super League Greece players
Football League (Greece) players
Latvian Higher League players
Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia
Association football goalkeeping coaches
Legia Warsaw non-playing staff
Ferencvárosi TC non-playing staff
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
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