Vykintas Slivka

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Vykintas Slivka
Personal information
Full name Vykintas Slivka
Date of birth (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Panevėžys, Lithuania
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Apollon Smyrnis
Number 14
Youth career
Ekranas
2013–2014 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Juventus 0 (0)
2014 → Modena (loan) 0 (0)
2015 → Gorica (loan) 12 (1)
2015–2017 → Den Bosch (loan) 40 (2)
2017 → Ascoli (loan) 6 (0)
2017–2020 Hibernian 67 (3)
2020– Apollon Smyrnis 39 (1)
National team‡
2015– Lithuania 49 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2021

Vykintas Slivka (born 29 April 1995) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League club Apollon Smyrnis and the Lithuania national team.

Club career[]

Slivka signed for Italian club Juventus in 2014. He was loaned to Modena, Gorica, Den Bosch and Ascoli over the next three seasons.[1]

He left Juventus in July 2017, signing a three-year contract with Hibernian.[2][3] He scored his first goal for Hibernian on 12 August, in a 3–2 win against Rangers.[4] Slivka missed over two months of the 2017–18 season due to a hamstring injury.[5] In his first appearance after the injury, Slivka scored the second goal for Hibs in a 2–1 win against Celtic.[5] During the following season Slivka maintained an unusual streak of only scoring goals for Hibs against either half of the Old Firm, scoring in the first minute of a 2–0 win at home to Celtic.[6] Slivka was one of three first team players released by Hibs at the end of the 2019–20 season.[7]

On 31 August 2020, Slivka signed for Super League Greece club Apollon Smyrnis.[8]

International career[]

On 5 June 2015, Slivka made his debut for Lithuania in a friendly match against Hungary.[9] During 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, Slivka scored goals against Slovenia and Malta.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 17 April 2021[10]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gorica 2014–15[11] PrvaLiga 12 1 0 0 — — 12 1
Den Bosch 2015–16[11] Eerste Divisie 28 2 4 1 — — 32 3
2016–17[11] Eerste Divisie 12 0 1 0 — — 13 0
Total 40 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 45 3
Ascoli 2016–17[11] Serie B 6 0 0 0 — — 6 0
Hibernian 2017–18[12] Scottish Premiership 22 2 1 0 4 0 — 27 2
2018–19[13][note 1] Scottish Premiership 29 1 3 1 1 0 6 0 39 2
2019–20[14] Scottish Premiership 16 0 0 0 2 0 — 18 0
Total 67 3 4 1 7 0 6 0 84 4
Apollon Smyrnis 2020–21[11] Superleague Grecce 26 1 1 0 — — 27 1
Career total 151 7 10 2 7 0 6 0 174 9

International appearances[]

As of 31 March 2021[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Lithuania 2015 7 0
2016 9 1
2017 7 1
2018 9 0
2019 6 0
2020 3 0
2021 3 0
Total 44 2

International goals[]

Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.[16]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 4 September 2016 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Slovenia 2–0 2–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 5 October 2017 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta  Malta 1–1 1–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Notes[]

  1. ^ Soccerbase did not record appearances made by Slivka against NSI Runavik on 19 July, Asteras Tripolis on 26 July and 2 August, and Molde on 9 August and 16 August 2018.

References[]

  1. ^ Cubera, Paulius (25 January 2017). "Oficialu: Vykintas Slivka keliasi rungtyniauti į Italiją". 15min (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. ^ "HIBERNIAN SIGN SLIVKA ON PERMANENT DEAL". Hibernian FC. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Juventus' Vykintas Slivka joins Hibernian on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Rangers 2–3 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b Brown, Anthony (27 April 2018). "Goal against Celtic was much-needed lift for Hibs' Vykintas Slivka". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  6. ^ Campbell, Andy (16 December 2018). "Hibernian 2–0 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Hibernian: Steven Whittaker among those exiting Easter Road". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Vykintas Slivka karjerą tęs Graikijoje".
  9. ^ "Lietuvos futbolo rinktinė subyrėjo Vengrijoje – pralaimėta 0:4" (in Lithuanian). Lrytas. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  10. ^ Vykintas Slivka at Soccerbase
  11. ^ a b c d e Vykintas Slivka at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Games played by Vykintas Slivka in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Games played by Vykintas Slivka in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Games played by Vykintas Slivka in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  15. ^ Vykintas Slivka at National-Football-Teams.com
  16. ^ "V. Slivka". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

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