Benjaminas Zelkevičius is a football coach and a former striker

Striker

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 from Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

. Zelkevičius has been manager of the Lithuania national football team

Lithuania national football team

The national football team of Lithuania is under the auspices of the Lithuanian Football Federation. It played its first match in 1923. In 1940, Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union; the country regained its independence in 1990 and played their first match as a new nation against Georgia on...

 on three separate occasions: from 1990–1991, 1995–1997, and 2001–2002. As player he had played 331 matches for the FK Žalgiris Vilnius

FK Žalgiris Vilnius

VMFD Žalgiris is a Lithuanian football club, playing in the capital, Vilnius. They have won the Lithuanian Championship three times: 1991, 1992, and 1999. The team's colours are green and white...

 (50 goals).

He had coached also FK Žalgiris Vilnius

FK Žalgiris Vilnius

VMFD Žalgiris is a Lithuanian football club, playing in the capital, Vilnius. They have won the Lithuanian Championship three times: 1991, 1992, and 1999. The team's colours are green and white...

 and Russia

Russia

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n football club Kaliningrad.

During his playing career, he played for FC Shakhtar Donetsk

FC Shakhtar Donetsk

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 in the Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League

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 and for Žalgiris Vilnius in the Soviet First League

Soviet First League

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Honours

• Baltic Cup
  • 1991
    Baltic Cup 1991
    The 1991 Baltic Cup football competition took place from November 15 to November 17 at the Žalgiris Stadium in Klaipėda, Lithuania. It was the first competition of the three Baltic states – Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia – since they regained their independence from the Soviet Union,...
    
    

Champion of Latvia 2005