Gratas Sirgėdas (born 17 December 1994) is a

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, 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, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

for

FK Kauno Žalgiris Futbolo klubas Kauno Žalgiris (''Football club Kauno Žalgiris'') is a professional football club based in Kaunas Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states b ...

Club career

He scored 5 goals for the National Football Academy in the

I Lyga The LFF Pirma Lyga, TOPsport Pirma Lyga, or Pirma Lyga, is the second tier of professional Lithuanian football championship. Format Organized by the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF), I Lyga is contested by 16 teams, with the top team gain ...

. On 20 August 2013 Sirgėdas moved to

VfB Stuttgart II VfB Stuttgart II is a German Association football, football team located in Stuttgart, currently playing in the 3. Liga. They are the German reserve football teams, reserve team of VfB Stuttgart. Until 2005 the team played under the name of VfB ...

. Sirgėdas returned to Lithuania in August 2017, signing a contract with

A Lyga The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) (). History The first football league was established in Lithuania in 1924, and in various forms existed until 1939. ...

side Kauno Žalgiris. In December 2018 became a member of

FK Sūduva FK Sūduva is a Lithuanian professional Association football, football club based in the city of Marijampolė. Founded in 1968, the club competes in the A Lyga, the top flight of Football in Lithuania, Lithuanian football. The club has been pla ...

. On 16 January 2020 Kauno Žalgiris wrote about returning to team.

International career

Sirgėdas made his debut for the Lithuania national senior team on 10 September 2013 in the

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA#Structure, FIFA confederations. The 2014 FIFA World Cup featured 32 teams, with one place reserved for the host nation, Brazil national football team, Bra ...

against

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International goals

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

Honours

Individual *

2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, since its reclassification from an under-18 tournament in 2002, and the 62nd since the tournament was created in 1948. It was hosted in Li ...

Team of the Tournament *

Golden Boot:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

References

External links

Gratas Sirgėdas
at uefa.com
Gratas Sirgėdas
at futbolinis.lt

at Kicker {{DEFAULTSORT:Sirgedas, Gratas 1994 births Living people Footballers from Panevėžys Lithuanian men's footballers Lithuania men's international footballers Lithuania men's under-21 international footballers Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders VfB Stuttgart II players FC Amberg players FK Kauno Žalgiris players FK Sūduva players 3. Liga players A Lyga players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany