Rytis Leliūga

Rytis Leliūga
Personal information
Full name Rytis Leliūga
Date of birth (1987-01-04) 4 January 1987
Place of birth Mažeikiai, Lithuanian SSR, USSR
(now Republic of Lithuania)
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
FK Žalgiris Vilnius
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Exeter City
2006 Bryne FK
2007–2009 Herfølge Boldklub
2009–2010 HB Køge 16 (2)
2011 FK Šiauliai 5 (1)
2012 Gjøvik FF
2012 Liepājas Metalurgs 20 (6)
2012-2014 FK Žalgiris Vilnius 41 (12)
2014- JK Sillamäe Kalev
National team
2003 Lithuania U-17 3 (1)
2004–2005 Lithuania U-19 3 (1)
2006–2009 Lithuania U-21 7 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 July 2012.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 August 2010

Rytis Leliūga (born 4 January 1987) is a Lithuanian footballer, who currently plays for VMFD Žalgiris in the Lithuanian A lyga.

Leliūga is from Lithuania, whose national team he has represented at Under-18 level. He signed professional terms with Exeter at the beginning of the 2005/06 season and is a midfielder. He was released by Exeter City and signed for Norwegian club Bryne.

After being released by Exeter he had a trial (1. week of July 2006) at Norwegian 1. div club Bryne FK and signed a contract until the end of the season. However in January 2007 he was persuaded to switch to Danish side Herfølge BK by fellow Lithuanian Aurelijus Skarbalius, who is the manager of the club. He left the club in 2010.

In April 2012 he signed for the Norwegian club Gjøvik FF, where he played till July. In July 2012 Leliūga joined the Latvian Higher League club Liepājas Metalurgs.[1] In August 2012 Leliūga was named the best Latvian Higher League player of the month.[2] All in all he participated in 25 matches, scoring 8 goals for Metalurgs, 20 and 8 of those, respectively, were achieved in the Latvian Higher League. On December 21, 2012 Leliūga moved to the Lithuanian A Lyga side Žalgiris Vilnius.[3]

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