Arvydas Janonis (born 6 November 1960, in
Kėdainiai
Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle ...
) is a former Lithuanian footballer.
Janonis played as a defender from 1978 until 1990 for
FK Žalgiris Vilnius. The 1990/91 season he was part of the
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
FC Lokomotiv Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three occasions; the Soviet Cup twice; and the Russian Cup (football), Russian Cup a record ...
squad. In 1991, he moved to
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
where he played for
SKN St. Pölten (1991–1994),
Wiener Sport-Club
The Wiener Sport-Club, sometimes abbreviated as WSC, was established in 1883 in Vienna, Austria and is one of the country's oldest athletics clubs. Their traditional home is in the Dornbach quarter of the city ( 17th district).
History
At vari ...
(1994–1995),
SV Gerasdorf (1995–1997) and
SV Wurmla (1997–2000).
He represented the
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
at the
1987 Summer Universiade
The 1987 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIV Summer Universiade, took place in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. It involved participants from 111 countries and over 6,000 individual sportspersons and members from delegations.
Infrastruc ...
and the
1988 Olympics (2 games), both won by the Soviet team. He also capped three times for the Lithuanian soccer team.
References
*
*
External links
*
1960 births
Living people
Lithuanian men's footballers
Lithuania men's international footballers
Soviet men's footballers
FK Žalgiris players
FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
Olympic footballers for the Soviet Union
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men's association football defenders
Olympic medalists in football
Sportspeople from Kėdainiai
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Wiener Sport-Club players
Soviet Top League players
Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
{{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub