Mantas Fridrikas (born 13 September 1988) is a retired

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

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who played as a

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Career

Fridrikas made eight appearances and scored one goal for

FBK Kaunas Kauno futbolo ir beisbolo klubas, commonly known as FBK Kaunas, was a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas. History Banga Kaunas (1960–1993) The roots of the club can be traced back to 1960 when Banga Kaunas was founded and they p ...

during the

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season. Fridrikas was hoping to move to

Scottish Premier League The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the Scottish football league system, top-level league competition for professional Association football, football clubs in Scotland. The league was founded in 1998, when it broke away from the Scottish Foo ...

side Heart of Midlothian in January 2009. Later plays for FC Fyn as a defender. From 2017 he played in

FK Atlantas Klaipėda FK Atlantas was a Lithuanian professional association football, football club based in the port city of Klaipėda. The club's name has changed several times. It was established in 1962 as ''Granitas'', and became ''PSK Aras'' in 1993. Since 19 ...

. From 2018 summer in FK Panevėžys.

Personal life

Fridrikas' father Robertas and his half-brother Lukas are also professional footballers.

References

Living people 1988 births Lithuanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders FBK Kaunas footballers FC Šiauliai players FK Žalgiris players FK Utenis Utena players FK Kauno Žalgiris players FC Fyn players FK Atlantas players FK Panevėžys players FC Hegelmann players A Lyga players Danish 1st Division players Lithuania men's international footballers Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub