Gintaras Staučė (born 24 December 1969) is a Lithuanian

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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

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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

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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

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, Cherchesov coached

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, who defeated

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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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champion: 1992, 1993, 1994 (3) *

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winner: 1992 * Russian Cup winner: 1994 *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...

runner-up: 1994–95 *

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runner-up: 1997–98

Country (USSR)

* UEFA Euro Under-16 third place: 1986 * UEFA Euro Under-18 winner: 1988

Individual

* Lithuanian Player of the Year: 1995, 1996

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