Deivydas Matulevičius

Deivydas Matulevičius

Personal information
Date of birth	(1989-04-08) 8 April 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Alytus, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Vilkmergė Ukmergė
	Vilnius
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007	Interas-AE Visaginas	15	(1)
2007–2008	Vilnius		(13)
2009–2010	Odra Wodzisław	17	(2)
2011–2012	Žalgiris	31	(19)
2012	→ Cracovia (loan)	7	(0)
2012–2015	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	69	(24)
2015	Tobol	13	(0)
2016–2017	Botoșani	26	(6)
2017	Royal Mouscron	16	(4)
2017–2018	Hibernian	12	(0)
2018	KuPS	6	(0)
2018–2019	Rapid București	19	(12)
2019	Kauno Žalgiris	11	(3)
2020	Glentoran	3	(0)
2020	CSM Reșița	8	(0)
2021	Dainava	26	(5)
International career
2005–2006	Lithuania U17	3	(0)
2007–2008	Lithuania U19	6	(0)
2007–2009	Lithuania U21	13	(6)
2012–2019	Lithuania	40	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2021

Deivydas Matulevičius (born 8 April 1989) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Matulevičius has previously played for Interas-AE Visaginas, FC Vilnius and Žalgiris Vilnius in Lithuania, Odra Wodzisław, Cracovia and Reșița in Poland, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, FC Botoșani and Rapid București in Romania, Tobol in Kazakhstan, Royal Mouscron in Belgium, Hibernian in Scotland and Glentoran in Northern Ireland.

Career

Club

Matulevičius signed a two-year contract with Hibernian in July 2017.[1] He scored in a 5–0 Scottish League Cup win against Ayr United on 8 August,[2] but made few appearances and was made available for transfer in December.[3] He was subsequently released from his contract on 31 January 2018.[4]

In January 2020, Matulevičius signed for Glentoran.[5]

In 2021, Matulevičius joined Lithuanian club Dainava.[6]

International

As of match played 10 June 2017. Lithuania score listed first, score column indicates score after each Matulevičius goal.[7]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 August 2013	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	9	Luxembourg	1–0	1–2	International friendly
2	6 September 2013	Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia	10	Latvia	1–2	1–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	10 September 2013	Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė, Lithuania	11	Liechtenstein	1–0	2–0
4	3 September 2014	Tauernstadion, Matrei in Osttirol, Austria	14	United Arab Emirates	1–0	1–1	International friendly
5	8 September 2014	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino	15	San Marino	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

Rapid București

• Liga III: 2018–19

Individual

• A Lyga top scorer: 2011 (19 goals)

References

1. "HIBERNIAN SIGN STRIKER MATULEVICIUS". Hibernian FC. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
2. "Hibernian 5–0 Ayr". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
3. Brown, Anthony (22 December 2017). "Hibs tell Deivydas Matulevicius he is free to leave club". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
4. Lindsay, Clive (1 February 2018). "Scottish Premiership ins and outs so far - January 2018". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
5. "Irish Premiership: Glentoran sign Lithuanian international striker Deivydas Matulevičius". BBC Sport. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
6. "DFK "DAINAVA" SUKIRTO RANKOMIS SU D. MATULEVIČIUMI IR V. LUKŠA" (in Lithuanian). DFK Dainava. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
7. "Deivydas Matulevičius". European Football. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

External links

• Deivydas Matulevičius at Soccerway
• Deivydas Matulevičius at National-Football-Teams.com