Arūnas Klimavičius (born 5 October 1982 in

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) is a

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n former professional

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and chairman of the Lithuanian Professional Footballers' Association.

Career

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

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International career

Klimavičius played 8 games at

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.''

Post-playing career

After the 2019 season finished, Arūnas retired from professional football. In January 2020, Klimavičius had been hired as a tennis coach. 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

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Lithuanian professional footballers, properly represent their interests and provide them with qualified assistance. Klimavičius covered the

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as a studio analyst on LNK. In November 2021, he became the host of the podcast about Lithuanian football "PadkaStas".

Personal life

He is the son of Albertas Klimavičius and the brother of

Linas Klimavičius Linas Klimavičius (born 10 April 1989) is a Lithuanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for FK Panevėžys, Panevėžys and the Lithuania national football team, Lithuania nat ...

Honours

Ekranas *

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

Lithuanian Supercup The Lithuanian Supercup () or LFF Supercup is an annual football match contested between the champions of the previous A Lyga season and the holders of the Lithuanian Football Cup. It is organised by and named after Lithuanian Football Federation a ...

: 2006 Lithuania * Baltic Cup:

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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* 1982 births Living people Footballers from Panevėžys Lithuanian men's footballers Lithuania men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers FK Ekranas players FK Riteriai players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players FC Sibir Novosibirsk players FC Zhetysu players FC Aktobe players FC Tobol players FK Jonava players FK Kauno Žalgiris players A Lyga players Russian Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub