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Tomas Tamošauskas
Lithuanian footballer and manager
Tomas Tamošauskas (born 22 May 1983) is a Lithuanian football manager and a former midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1983-05-22) 22 May 1983 (age 40) | ||
| Place of birth |
Gargždai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union (now Republic of Lithuania) | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000 | Banga Gargždai | 23 | (4) |
| 2001–2002 | FK Atlantas | 54 | (7) |
| 2003–2004 | Dynamo Moscow | 1 | (0) |
| 2005 | → FBK Kaunas (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| 2006–2012 | Liepājas Metalurgs | 151 | (6) |
| 2013 | Daugava Rīga | 14 | (1) |
| 2014 | Klaipėdos Granitas | 12 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Lithuania under-21 | ? | (?) |
| 2003–2009 | Lithuania | 18 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016 | FK Pramogos-Ąžuolas Gargždai | ||
| 2017–2021 | FK Banga Gargždai | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Tamošauskas began his career at Banga Gargždai in 2000. In 2001, he moved to FK Atlantas where he scored the club's consolation goal in their UEFA Cup 2002-03 qualifying round match against Bulgarian club, PFC Litex Lovech which they lost 3–1. [1]
He then moved to Russia to play for Dynamo Moscow in 2003[2] where he made just one league appearance and played mostly reserve team football. On 10 February 2005 he moved back to Lithuania with FBK Kaunas on loan from Dynamo Moscow. [2]
In 2006, he moved to Latvia to play for Liepājas Metalurgs.[3] On 16 August 2007 he scored the winning goal for Metalurgs in their 3–2 win over Swedish club, AIK in their 2007-08 UEFA Cup second qualifying round match.[4] From summer 2009 to 2012 Tomašauskas was the captain of Liepājas Metalurgs.
In January 2013 Tomašauskas moved to the Latvian Higher League club Daugava Rīga.[5] At the start of 2014 he returned to Lithuania, joining Klaipėdos Granitas. He left the team in July the same year.
Tamošauskas has played for the Lithuanian Under-21 team[6] and the Lithuania national team 18 times, scoring 1 goal.
- Club
- Latvian Cup winner (1): 2006
- Baltic League winner (1): 2007
- Latvian Higher League champion (1): 2009
- "Litex complete comfortable victory". UEFA. 2002-08-29. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
- "Kaunas door keeps on turning". UEFA. 2005-02-10. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
- "Famous names return to Skonto". UEFA. 2006-03-07. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
- "Star turns for Laursen and Larsson". UEFA. 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
- "Apskats: Sešus miljonus vērts aizsargs un patriotiskā Liepāja (2.daļa)". Sportacentrs.com. 2013-03-29. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
- "Lithuanian Youth News". Lithuanian Youth News. 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
- Tomas Tamošauskas at Soccerbase
- Tomas Tamošauskas at National-Football-Teams.com
