Donatas Navikas (born 30 June 1983) is a former

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

n footballer who has recently started coaching career. He is currently coaching FK Neptūnas. Navikas previously played for

FC Salyut-Energia Belgorod FC Salyut Belgorod is a Russian association football club based in Belgorod. They play in the FNL 2. History The club was founded in 1960 and has been known as: * ''Tsementnik'' (Cement Worker) (1960–63) * '' Spartak'' (1964–69) * ''Salyut'' ...

in the

Russian First Division The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

Coaching career

Following a 9–1 defeat against

FK Sūduva FK Sūduva is a Lithuanian professional football club based in the city of Marijampolė. Founded in 1968, the club competes in the A Lyga, the top flight of Lithuanian football. The club has been playing in the A Lyga since 2002. In 2006, ...

in the beginning of November 2019, head coach

Viktors Dobrecovs Viktors Dobrecovs (born 9 January 1977) is a football manager and former Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika ...

was fired and Navikas - who at the time was assistant coach to Dobrecovs - was appointed as

FK Atlantas FK Atlantas was a Lithuanian football team from the port city of Klaipėda. The club's name has changed several times. It was established in 1962 as ''Granitas'', and became ''PSK Aras'' in 1993. Since 1996, when FK Sirijus Klaipėda was abso ...

coach on temporary basis until the end of the year. Navikas lost all four games in charge and left the club at the end of the year. In January 2020 Navikas took up an offer to coach newly established football club FK Neptūnas, where he also was registered as a player.„Neptūnas“ brenda į nepažintus vandenis: Klaipėda turės naują futbolo komandą
15min.lt, 15 January 2020

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