Kęstutis Ivaškevičius (born 17 April 1985 in

Klaipėda Klaipėda (; ; german: Memel; pl, Kłajpeda; russian: Клайпеда; sgs, Klaipieda) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous county, it is the third largest city and the only major seaport in Lithuani ...

) is a Lithuanian

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. Ivaškevičius is as an attacking

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, capable of playing wide right or centrally. He started his career at hometown club Atlantas Klaipėda and after impressing there earned a move to

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. In the second part of 2006 season he was loaned out to

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, but returned for the 2007 and scored 7 goals, earning himself a move to Hearts for the 2006–07 season. At Hearts he struggled to make an impact on the first team. He made his Hearts debut in September 2006, in a 4–0 victory over

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in the

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, with his first league appearance occurring 6 months later, in a 2–0 win at

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. He scored his first league goal against

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on 29 April 2007 in a surprising 3–1 win. On 15 September 2007, he scored against the other half of the

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, in a 4–2 victory – a win which ended Rangers' 100% start to the season. On 20 August 2008 a statement on the Hearts official website revealed that Ivaškevičius' loan with Hearts had been cancelled and he had returned to

. In 2009, he made only one appearance for

in the Lithuanian Cup and in spring cancelled his contract after the club was relegated to third division. As of July 2009 he was on trial at

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. In August 2015, Ivaškevičius retired from football. He severely injured his ankle in an Israeli league match in November 2013 and required numerous surgeries in which he was unable to fully recover.

References

External links

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Profile
at londonhearts.com
Profile at FFU website
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