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Donatas Navikas
Personal information
Date of birth	30 June 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Ukmergė, Soviet Union (today Lithuania)
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Neptūnas (player-manager)
Number	27
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	Vienybė Ukmergė
2001–2002	Inkaras Kaunas
2003–2008	Atlantas
2008	Salyut-Energia Belgorod
2009	Šilutė
2009–2011	Minsk
2012	Slavia Mozyr
2013–2015	Atlantas
2015	Kruoja Pakruojis
2015–2017	Palanga
2018–2019	Minija
2020–	Neptūnas
Managerial career
2017–2018	Atlantas B
2018–2019	Atlantas (assistant)
2019	Atlantas (caretaker)
2020–	Neptūnas (player-manager)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:53, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Donatas Navikas (born 30 June 1983) is a former Lithuanian footballer who has recently started coaching career. He is currently coaching FK Neptūnas.

Navikas previously played for FC Salyut-Energia Belgorod in the Russian First Division.^[1]

Coaching career

Following a 9–1 defeat against FK Sūduva in the beginning of November 2019, head coach Viktors Dobrecovs was fired and Navikas - who at the time was assistant coach to Dobrecovs - was appointed as FK Atlantas coach on temporary basis until the end of the year.^[2] Navikas lost all four games in charge and left the club at the end of the year.

In January 2020 Navikas took up an offer to coach newly established football club FK Neptūnas, where he also was registered as a player.^[3]