Arūnas Klimavičius

Arūnas Klimavičius
Personal information
Full name	Arūnas Klimavičius
Date of birth	5 October 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth	Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2007	Ekranas
2007–2008	Dynamo Moscow
2009	Ural
2010	Sibir Novosibirsk
2011	Zhetysu
2012	Aktobe
2013–2014	Zhetysu
2014–2015	Tobol
2016–2017	Trakai
2018	Jonava
2018–2019	Kauno Žalgiris
International career
2005–2017	Lithuania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arūnas Klimavičius (born 5 October 1982 in Panevėžys) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer and chairman of the Lithuanian Professional Footballers' Association.

Career[edit]

On 17 February, it was revealed on the Hearts website that he was having a trial with the Scottish Premier League side. On 8 December 2009 the 27-year-old Lithuanian defender has signed a two-year deal with Sibir. In 2011, he signed for Kazakhstani side FC Zhetysu.

In December 2014, Klimavičius moved to FC Tobol.^[1]

International career[edit]

Klimavičius played 8 games at UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying.

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.^[2]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	26 March 2008	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	Azerbaijan	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2.	7 February 2009	Complexo Desportivo Municipal de Vila Real Santo António, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	Poland	1–1	1–1	Friendly
3.	10 August 2011	Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania	Armenia	1–0	3–0	Friendly

Post-playing career[edit]

After the 2019 season finished, Arūnas retired from professional football.^[3] In January 2020, Klimavičius had been hired as a tennis coach.^[4] On 28 January 2020, he also founded and became the president of the Association of Professional Footballers (PFA - Profesionalių futbolininkų asociacija). The association was established to unionize Lithuanian professional footballers, properly represent their interests and provide them with qualified assistance.^[5]

Klimavičius covered the UEFA Euro 2020 as a studio analyst on LNK.^[6] In November 2021, he became the host of the podcast about Lithuanian football "PadkaStas".

Personal life[edit]

He is the son of Albertas Klimavičius and the brother of Linas Klimavičius.

Honours[edit]

Ekranas

A Lyga: 2005
Lithuanian Supercup: 2006

Lithuania

Baltic Cup: 2005, 2010

References[edit]

^ Арунас Климавичус в Тоболе. fc-tobol.kz/ (in Russian). FC Tobol. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
^ "Klimavičius, Arūnas". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
^ A. Klimavičius: "Sprendimą priėmiau lygiai prieš metus", alyga.lt, 28 November 2019
^ Buvęs futbolininkas A.Klimavičius tapo teniso treneriu, sportas.lt, 20 January 2020
^ "Lietuvoje veiklą pradeda profesionalių futbolininkų asociacija". 15min (in Lithuanian). 13 February 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ "Televizijos įdomybės: vyrai renkasi futbolą, o moterys – krepšinį" (in Lithuanian). LNK. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

External links[edit]

(in Russian) Rfpl stats
(in Russian) FC Dynamo Moscow profile
Arūnas Klimavičius at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] Арунас Климавичус в Тоболе. fc-tobol.kz/ (in Russian). FC Tobol. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[2] "Klimavičius, Arūnas". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

[3] A. Klimavičius: "Sprendimą priėmiau lygiai prieš metus", alyga.lt, 28 November 2019

[4] Buvęs futbolininkas A.Klimavičius tapo teniso treneriu, sportas.lt, 20 January 2020

[5] "Lietuvoje veiklą pradeda profesionalių futbolininkų asociacija". 15min (in Lithuanian). 13 February 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

[6] "Televizijos įdomybės: vyrai renkasi futbolą, o moterys – krepšinį" (in Lithuanian). LNK. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

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