Donatas Vencevičius (born 28 November 1973) is a Lithuanian professional football manager and former

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. He is currently in charge of A Lyga club Sūduva. Vencevičius started his career at Žalgiris Vilnius. In 2001, while playing for FC København, he became champion of the

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. In 2002, he played for the Norwegian club IK Start. Donatas also made a mediocre stay in the Swedish club GIF Sundsvall during the season 2005. He started his managerial career in 2007 after announcing his retirement from professional football as a player and was first assistant, then head coach of FK Vėtra for one season before moving to FK Sūduva in 2009 to take up an assistant coach position. Before the 2010 season, Sūduva appointed Vencevičius as the head coach. On 24 May 2011, he was named new manager of II liga club Wigry Suwałki. On 14 December 2016, he signed a two-year contract with Lithuanian A Lyga club Jonava.

Honours

Žalgiris Vilnius * A Lyga: 1991–92 * Lithuanian Cup: 1991, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97 Polonia Warsaw * Ekstraklasa: 1999–2000 Copenhagen * Superliga: 2000–01 * Danish Super Cup: 2001

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* * 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Alytus Men's association football midfielders Lithuanian men's footballers Lithuania men's international footballers FK Žalgiris players FC Vilnius players Polonia Warsaw players F.C. Copenhagen players Marsaxlokk F.C. players GIF Sundsvall players IK Start players A Lyga players Ekstraklasa players Danish Superliga players Allsvenskan players Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Lithuanian football managers Lithuanian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Poland FK Sūduva managers Wigry Suwałki managers FK Jonava managers A Lyga managers I liga managers II liga managers {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub