Benjaminas Zelkevičius

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Benjaminas Zelkevičius
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-02-06) 6 February 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth Vilnius, Reichskommissariat Ostland
(present-day Lithuania)
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)
Striker
Team information
Current team
FM Ateitis (technical director)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1967
Žalgiris Vilnius
1968 Shakhtar Donetsk 19 (3)
1969–1973
Žalgiris Vilnius
181 (29)
Managerial career
1977–1982
Žalgiris Vilnius
1985–1991
Žalgiris Vilnius
1990–1991 Lithuania
1992 FK Austria Wien (assistant)
1995–1997 Lithuania
1997
KAMAZ-Chally
1998 Rotor Volgograd (assistant)
1999 Shinnik Yaroslavl
2000 Baltika Kaliningrad (consultant)
2001–2002 Lithuania
2002–2003 Baltika Kaliningrad
2004–2007
Liepājas Metalurgs
2009
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benjaminas Zelkevičius (born 6 February 1944) is a Lithuanian

Žalgiris Vilnius
.

He has coached also Žalgiris Vilnius and Russian club Baltika Kaliningrad. During his playing career, he played for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Soviet Top League and for Žalgiris Vilnius in the Soviet First League.[1]

Post-managing career

From September 2009 through 2010 Zelkevičius was coaching at FM Ateitis youth academy. On 12 August 2019, he became Ateitis' technical director.[2]

Since 2015, Zelkevičius also is chair of the Lithuanian Football Coaches Council.[3]

Honours

Champion of Latvia 2005

References

  1. ^ "Zelkevichius Benjaminas". KLISF. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Iš futbolo nesitraukia – Zelkevičius deda naują žingsnį savo karjeroje". DELFI (in Lithuanian). 12 August 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Lietuvos nacionalinės futbolo rinktinės naujojo trenerio rinkimai". Alytaus gidas (in Lithuanian). 18 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2019.