Ignas Dedura (born 6 January 1978) is a Lithuanian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Dedura began his career at

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in 1997, scoring 13 goals in 105 appearances, before moving to Russia in 2001 where he played for Torpedo-ZIL. He only made ten appearances for the club and later that year he moved to Latvian club

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where he stayed until 2004, making 79 appearances and scoring eight goals. In 2004, together with his manager Aleksandrs Starkovs, he moved once again to Russia, this time to play for Spartak Moscow where he played until 2009."СПАРТАК" ГОВОРИТ СПАСИБО КОВАЛЬЧУКУ, ДЕДУРЕ И НИЗАМУТДИНОВУ
After unsuccessful spell with Salyut Belgorod in 2010, in February 2011 Dedura returned to Lithuania and signed a two-year deal with

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In both of those seasons Deduras was a regular player in the team, as well as winning the league in both of those years. At the end of his second season he didn't extend his contract due to the club having financial issues and not being able to pay the wages. In winter 2013 Dedura joined very young

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, which was a 2nd tier of Lithuanian football pyramid, side Kauno Žalgiris. After being revealed, the defender expressed his desire to become a coach one day, as he was also instantly promoted to being a captain and a playing coach.

International career

Dedura played for the Lithuania national team.

References

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Spartak Moscow profile
1978 births Living people Lithuanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Lithuania men's international footballers A Lyga players Russian Premier League players Latvian Higher League players FBK Kaunas footballers FK Ekranas players FK Kauno Žalgiris players FC Moscow players Skonto FC players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Salyut Belgorod players Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub