Vykintas Slivka (born 29 April 1995) is a Lithuanian professional

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who plays as a

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for Japanese club

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and the Lithuania national team.

Club career

Slivka signed for Italian club

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in 2014. He was loaned to

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, Gorica,

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and Ascoli over the next three seasons. He left Juventus in July 2017, signing a three-year contract with Hibernian. He scored his first goal for Hibernian on 12 August, in a 3–2 win against

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. Slivka missed over two months of the 2017–18 season due to a hamstring injury. In his first appearance after the injury, Slivka scored the second goal for Hibs in a 2–1 win against

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. During the following season Slivka maintained an unusual streak of only scoring goals for Hibs against either half of the

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, scoring in the first minute of a 2–0 win at home to

. Slivka was one of three first team players released by Hibs at the end of the 2019–20 season. On 31 August 2020, Slivka signed for

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club

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International career

On 5 June 2015, Slivka made his debut for Lithuania in a friendly match against

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. During

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, Slivka scored goals against

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and

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Career statistics

Club

International appearances

International goals

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

Honours

;Juventus *

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: 2013–14

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Slivka, Vykintas 1995 births Living people Lithuanian men's footballers Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Lithuania men's international footballers FK Ekranas players Juventus FC players Modena FC 2018 players ND Gorica players FC Den Bosch players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Eerste Divisie players Serie B players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Hibernian F.C. players Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Scottish Professional Football League players Men's association football midfielders Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players PAS Lamia 1964 players J1 League players J2 League players Sagan Tosu players Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Super League Greece players Footballers from Panevėžys