Manfredas Ruzgis (born 5 January 1997) is a

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 striker for albanian club FK Vora. Born in Germany, he represents

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at international level. His father Kęstutis Ruzgys was also a footballer.

Club career

On 29 July 2016 Ruzgis moved to 1. FC Köln II.

International career

Ruzgis was born in Germany and is of Lithuanian descent. Ruzgis made his debut for the Lithuania U21 on 1 September 2016 in the

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against

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. In November 2016 Ruzgis received his first call-up to the senior Lithuania squad for a match against

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Manfredas Ruzgis
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