Tomas Radzinevičius (born 5 June 1981) is a Lithuanian former professional

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who played as a striker. Radzinevičius played for eleven different clubs throughout his career. He started professional career for a local side Sūduva and later moved to clubs in

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and

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. He returned to Sūduva before 2013 season, where he took over captaincy. In 2015 season he became top scorer of the

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, managing 28 goals being 34 years old. He moved to

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in the winter of 2017, but haven't received much playing time. Forward decided to end his career on 18 June 2017. At international level, Radzinevičius represented the Lithuania national team on 21 occasions, scoring 1 goal. He made his international debut in 2003 and played his last match in 2007. Despite receiving invitations until late 2016 he never had a chance to appear for his nation once again.

Career

While playing for Sūduva, he scored a hat-trick against Brann in the qualifying round of the

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, greatly contributing to his side's 3–2 victory. The same year he was voted the best player in

. Radzinevičius has represented

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at both under-21 and senior level, scoring one goal for his national team. In July 2009 Radzinevičius was transferred to

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.''

Honours

Slovan Liberec *

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: 2004–05 Lithuania * Baltic Cup:

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Individual *

top scorer:

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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* * 1981 births Living people Lithuanian men's footballers Lithuania men's international footballers Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards FK Sūduva players FC Slovan Liberec players SK Kladno players SK Dynamo České Budějovice players Odra Wodzisław Śląski players FK Baník Sokolov players FK Senica players FK Třinec players MFK Karviná players SFC Opava players Valletta F.C. players A Lyga players I Lyga players Czech First League players Czech National Football League players Ekstraklasa players Slovak First Football League players Maltese Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Malta {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub