Deivydas Matulevičius (born 8 April 1989) is a Lithuanian

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who plays as a

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for I Lyga club Dainava. Matulevičius has previously played for

Interas-AE Visaginas FK Visaginas (also previously Interas-AE) is a Lithuanian football team from Visaginas. Before 2006, the club was fully amateur and many players of the team worked in an atomic plant. The club was promoted to Lithuanian A Lyga 2007 season and ...

, FC Vilnius and

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in Lithuania, Odra Wodzisław, Cracovia and

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in Poland, Pandurii Târgu Jiu,

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and

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in Romania,

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in Kazakhstan, Royal Mouscron in Belgium, Hibernian in Scotland and Glentoran in

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Career

Club

Matulevičius signed a two-year contract with Hibernian in July 2017. He scored in a 5–0

Scottish League Cup The Scottish League Cup (also known as the Viaplay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League Cup in exist ...

win against Ayr United on 8 August, but made few appearances and was made available for transfer in December. He was subsequently released from his contract on 31 January 2018. In January 2020, Matulevičius signed for Glentoran. In 2021, Matulevičius joined Lithuanian club Dainava.

Honours

;Rapid București *

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 ...

: 2018–19 Individual *

A Lyga The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. The A Lyga is an abbreviation of Aukščiausia lyga meaning Highest League. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation LFF ( lt, Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija). The Auk� ...

Top Scorer: 2011 (19 goals)

International

:''As of match played 10 June 2017. Lithuania score listed first, score column indicates score after each Matulevičius goal.''

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* * 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Alytus Lithuanian men's footballers Lithuania men's under-21 international footballers Lithuania men's international footballers Men's association football forwards FK Interas Visaginas players FC Vilnius players FK Žalgiris players Odra Wodzisław Śląski players MKS Cracovia players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players FC Tobol players FC Botoșani players FC Rapid București players Royal Excel Mouscron players CSM Reșița players A Lyga players Ekstraklasa players Liga I players Kazakhstan Premier League players Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Hibernian F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Scottish Professional Football League players Glentoran F.C. players FK Dainava Alytus players FK Kauno Žalgiris players {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub