Arvydas Janonis (born 6 November 1960, in

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) is a former Lithuanian footballer. Janonis played as a defender from 1978 until 1990 for

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. The 1990/91 season he was part of the

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three o ...

squad. In 1991, he moved to

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where he played for SKN St. Pölten (1991–1994),

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(1994–1995), SV Gerasdorf (1995–1997) and SV Wurmla (1997–2000). He represented the

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at the 1987 Summer Universiade and the 1988 Olympics, both won by the Soviet team. He also capped three times for the Lithuanian soccer team.

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