Linas Klimavičius (born 10 April 1989) is a Lithuanian professional

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 defender for

Panevėžys Panevėžys () is the fifth-largest List of cities in Lithuania, city in Lithuania and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, eighth-most-populous city in the Baltic States. it occupies with 89,100 inhabitants. As defined by Eu ...

and the Lithuania national team.

Career

Klimavičius started his career as a teenage prodigy with Ekranas and then was promoted to the main-squad team. During 2008–2012, he played in the Ukrainian football clubs. He made a single appearance in the

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system. Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...

in a match for FC Dnipro against Metalurh Donetsk on 19 October 2008.

Dinamo București

In January 2019, Klimavičius signed a contract with

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

club

Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterin ...

. One year later, in January 2020, he was released after 28 games played for Dinamo (27 in Liga I and one game in Cupa României).

Politehnica Iasi

On 12 January 2020, Klimavičius signed a contract with

club FC Politehnica Iași.

FK Sūduva

In 10 September he signed a contract with Lithuanian champions

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 ...

Honours

;Žalgiris * Lithuanian Championship:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

* Lithuanian Cup: 2015–16,

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* Lithuanian Super Cup: 2016,

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

;Panevėžys * Lithuanian Championship:

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

* Lithuanian Super Cup:

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Klimavicius, Linas 1989 births Living people Footballers from Panevėžys Lithuanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Lithuania men's international footballers Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers A Lyga players FK Ekranas players FK Sūduva players FK Riteriai players FK Žalgiris players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine FC Dnipro players FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players Ukrainian Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia FC Daugava Riga players Latvian Higher League players Liga I players FC Dinamo București players FC Politehnica Iași (2010) players Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Romania