Kevin Budinauckas (born 16 September 1974 in
Bellshill
Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, southeast of Glasgow city centre and west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell to the south, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton to the south ...
) is a
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
former
footballer
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, who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Throughout his career he has played for
Stenhousemuir
Stenhousemuir (; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in the west, where the nearest rail access is located ...
,
Partick Thistle
Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland and currently plays in the . Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not ...
,
Clyde,
Brechin City
Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the townDespite the name of the football club, Brechin is not an official city. Brechin was historically known as a city because it has a cathedral. of Brechin in Angus. The club w ...
on loan and
Stranraer
Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; ), also known as The Toon or The Cleyhole, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on Loch Ryan and the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland. Stranraer is Dumfries ...
in the senior game.
He also had a couple of spells in
junior football at
Wishaw
Wishaw (; ; ) is a large town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the edge of the River Clyde, Clyde Valley, south-east of Glasgow city centre. The town is part of the Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency), Motherwell and Wishaw c ...
and
Linlithgow Rose
Linlithgow Rose Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Linlithgow, West Lothian. The team plays in the , which is the fifth tier of Scottish football, having won the 2022–23 East of Scotland Football League Premier Division.
Wi ...
,
Cumnock
Cumnock (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cumnag'') is a town and former civil parish located in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town sits at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water. There are three neighbouring housing projects which lie j ...
,
Pollok
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and
Armadale.
Budinauckas is currently the goalkeeping coach at Stirling Albion.
Personal life
Kevin's two sons,
Lewis and Kyle Budinauckas, are goalkeepers too. They are both on the books at
Rangers FC
Rangers Football Club is a professional football club in Glasgow, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Premiership, the top division of Scottish football. The club is often referred to as Glasgow Rangers, though this has never been it ...
.
External links
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Living people
1974 births
Footballers from Bellshill
Scottish men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Brechin City F.C. players
Clyde F.C. players
Partick Thistle F.C. players
Stenhousemuir F.C. players
Stranraer F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
Scottish Premier League players
Scottish Junior Football Association players
Linlithgow Rose F.C. players
Scottish people of Lithuanian descent
Scotland men's junior international footballers
Association football goalkeeping coaches