Karolis Uzėla (born 11 March 2000) was a Lithuanian

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player.

Club career

He spent the 2018–19 season on loan at Italian club

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, where he mostly played for their Under-19 squad. He was called up to the senior team for

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games on two occasions but remained on the bench in both games. On 25 January 2022, he signed a three-year contract with RFS in Latvia. On 28 June 2023, Uzėla signed for Lithuanian club Kauno Žalgiris, on a contract until 31 December 2024.

Coach

On 24 April 2025 announced, that Uzėla ended his career of the profesional footbalist. In that time he was student in Lietuvos Sporto Universitetas (LSU) and started coaching children groups in Vilnius Football Academy (VFA)

International career

He made his debut for the

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on 2 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against

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, a 1–4 home loss. He substituted Ovidijus Verbickas in the 80th minute.

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