Antanas Lingis (26 December 1905 – 6 June 1941) was a Lithuanian footballer who played as a forward for LFLS Kaunas and the Lithuania national team.

International games

The first match he played for Lithuania was on 25 July 1928, a 3–0 loss against

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. His last cap was on 11 June 1938, a 2–0 loss against

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Honors

For Lithuania, he scored 12 goals in 33 appearances, which at the time was the record number of goals scored by an individual player for Lithuania which was set in 1932 and wasn’t beaten until 2007. At club level, Lingis won the Lithuanian

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four times between 1922-1932 with LFLS Kaunas.

References

External links

RSSSF: Antanas Lingis - International Goals

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1905 births 1941 deaths Lithuanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Lithuania men's international footballers {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub