Raimondas Žutautas
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raimondas Žutautas | ||
Date of birth | 4 September 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1994 | FK Mažeikiai | 38 | (3) |
1994 | FK Banga Gargždai | 10 | (6) |
1995 | Atlantas Klaipeda | 7 | (2) |
1995–1996 | Inkaras Kaunas | 26 | (6) |
1996–1999 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 71 | (2) |
1999–2003 | Maccabi Haifa | 86 | (6) |
2003–2005 | Panathinaikos | 21 | (2) |
Total | 259 | (27) | |
National team‡ | |||
1995–2004 | Lithuania | 40 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
2010–2011 | Lithuania | ||
2018 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 February 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 February 2010 |
Raimondas Žutautas (born 4 September 1972) is a former Lithuanian footballer and current head coach.[1] Zutautas played as a defensive midfielder.
In 1999 Zutautas signed in Israeli club Maccabi Haifa F.C. and played there in the years 1999–2003. He won two championships with Maccabi Haifa and qualified to the UEFA Champions League group stage. Zutautas is considered one of the finest defensive midfielders played in the Israeli Premier League.
He is the only Lithuanian player to score two goals in the UEFA Champions League. In 2002, while playing for Maccabi Haifa, he scored against Manchester United.[2] His second goal was scored a year later against Rangers while playing for Panathinaikos.[3]
Managerial career[]
On 9 February 2010, Žutautas was appointed as the new manager of Lithuania. He is also Lithuania's youngest ever national coach at the age of 37.
Honours[]
- A Lyga: champion (2)
- Israeli Premier League: champion (2)
- Greek Championship: champion (1)
- Greek Cup: winner (1)
References[]
- ^ "Raimondas Žutautas: visi žaidėjai sveiki ir pasiruošę". www.ve.lt (in Lithuanian). 28 March 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Maccabi maul Man Utd". BBC. 29 October 2002. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Greeks end Rangers' hopes". BBC. 9 December 2003. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
External links[]
- Raimondas Žutautas at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Lithuanian footballers
- Lithuania international footballers
- Lithuanian expatriate footballers
- FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Panathinaikos F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- FK Inkaras Kaunas players
- A Lyga players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Russian Premier League players
- Super League Greece players
- Sportspeople from Klaipėda
- Association football midfielders
- Lithuania national football team managers
- Lithuanian football managers
- Lithuanian football biography stubs