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Deividas Česnauskis (born 30 June 1981) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a winger. He made 63 FIFA-official appearances for the Lithuanian national team scoring four goals.

Deividas Česnauskis

Personal information
Full name	Deividas R. Česnauskis
Date of birth	(1981-06-30) 30 June 1981 (age 41)
Place of birth	Kuršėnai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2000	Ekranas Panevėžys	54	(6)
2000–2003	Dynamo Moscow	69	(5)
2003–2004	Lokomotiv Moscow	10	(0)
2004–2005	FBK Kaunas	0	(0)
2005–2009	Heart of Midlothian	86	(5)
2009–2010	Ergotelis	24	(2)
2010–2012	Aris Thessaloniki	9	(0)
2012–2014	FC Baku	57	(8)
2014–2018	FK Trakai	103	(5)
Total		422	(32)
National team
2001–2018	Lithuania	63	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Early career

Česnauskis was born in Kuršėnai, Lithuanian SSR. He started his career as a teenage prodigy with Ekranas Panevėžys.

In Russia

Česnauskis earned a move to the Russian Premier League before his nineteenth birthday, when he joined Dynamo Moscow in 2000. Having previously been a regular for the Lithuanian under-21 side, he made his debut for the full national side against Estonia aged only 20, in 2001.

After several years at Dynamo, Česnauskis joined city rivals Lokomotiv Moscow for the 2004 Russian season.

Heart of Midlothian

Česnauskis agreed a transfer to Scotland with Heart of Midlothian in 2005. The terms of this deal involved him signing for FBK Kaunas and being immediately loaned to the Edinburgh side for three seasons. He made his Hearts debut against Kilmarnock in the Scottish Cup, scoring the final goal in a 3–1 victory.[1] His second goal for Hearts also came in the Scottish Cup, but it did not prevent his team for losing against Celtic in the semi-final.[2]

In his second season at Hearts he helped the team to win the Scottish Cup by scoring the winning goal in a quarter-final 2–1 win against Partick Thistle. In the same match where Roman Bednar got sent off for diving in the second-half 15 minutes after coming on as a sub.[3] In the final Česnauskis conceded a penalty from which Gretna were able to equalise and make it 1-1. However Hearts went on to win the match on penalties.[4]

Since November 2006, Česnauskis did not play for Hearts over a year due to injuries or simply not being picked, and only played two matches for the Lithuanian national team. He finally made his comeback for Hearts in January 2008 in an away match against Dundee United, and soon after was voted Man of the match in his return to Tynecastle in a 1–1 draw against Kilmarnock. He scored his fourth Hearts goal, and his fourth in the Scottish Cup, against Motherwell on 12 January 2008.[5] He scored his first league goal for Hearts in a 2–1 defeat to Falkirk on 5 May 2008.[6]

On 26 February 2009, Česnauskis said he would leave Hearts in the summer unless he was given first team football before the end of the season, having started just two matches.[7] On 27 April, it was confirmed with immediate effect that Česnauskis and his fellow Lithuanian teammate Saulius Mikoliūnas, left Hearts.[8]

In Greece

On 9 June 2009, Česnauskis signed a two-year contract with Ergotelis F.C.

On 7 June 2010, Česnauskis signed a three-year contract with another Greek club, Aris Thessaloniki.

FC Baku

In summer 2011 Česnauskis signed a two-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side FC Baku.[9] Česnauskis was released by FC Baku at the end of the 2012–13 season after scoring eight goals in 52 appearances for the club.[10] However, on 1 July 2013, Česnauskis signed a new contract with Baku.

Personal life

His younger brother, Edgaras is also a former professional footballer.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 May 2014[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FK Ekranas	1997–98	A Lyga	4	0			–		–		4	0
	1998–99		23	3			–				23	3
	1999		21	3			–				21	3
	2000		18	1			–		–		18	1
	Total		66	7			–				66	7
Dynamo Moscow	2000	Russian Premier League	9	0		0	–		2	0	11	0
	2001		4	0		0	–		4	0	8	0
	2002		28	1		0	–		–		28	1
	2003		28	4		0	–		–		28	4
	Total		77	5		0	–		6	0	83	5
Lokomotiv Moscow	2004	Russian Premier League	8	0		1	–		–
Heart of Midlothian	2004–05[12]	Scottish Premier League	8	0	3	2	0	0	–		11	2
	2005–06[13]		25	0	4	1	2	0	–		31	1
	2006–07[14]		9	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	14	0
	2007–08[15]		13	1	2	1	0	0	–		15	2
	2008–09[16]		13	0	1	0	1	0	–		17	0
	Total		68	1	9	4	3	0	5	0	86	5
Ergotelis	2009–10	Superleague Greece	22	2			–		–		22	2
Aris Thessaloniki	2010–11	Superleague Greece	9	0			–		6	0	15	0
Baku	2011–12[17]	Azerbaijan Premier League	25	7	4	1	–		–		29	8
	2012–13[18]		17	0	4	0	–		2	0	23	0
	2013–14		15	1	0	0	–		–		15	1
	Total		57	8	8	1	–		2	0	67	9
Career total			299	23	17	6	3	0	19	0	338	29

International

Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Česnauskis goal.

List of international goals scored by Deividas Česnauskis

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	4 July 2001	Latvijas Universitates Stadions, Riga, Latvia	Estonia	2–2	5–2	2001 Baltic Cup
2	3 July 2003	Keskstaadion, Valga, Estonia	Estonia	2–0	5–1	2003 Baltic Cup
3	17 November 2004	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	17 August 2005	Vėtra Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	Belarus	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Honours

Lokomotiv Moscow

• Russian Premier League: 2004

Hearts of Midlothian

• Scottish Cup: 2005–06

Baku

• Azerbaijan Cup: 2011–12

References

External links

• Deividas Cesnauskis at Soccerbase
• Deividas Česnauskis at National-Football-Teams.com
• Hearts appearances at londonhearts.com

На других языках

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- [en] Deividas Česnauskis

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[fr] Deividas Česnauskis

Deividas Česnauskis est un footballeur international lituanien né le 30 juin 1981 à Kuršėnai en Lituanie. Il est le grand frère d'Edgaras Česnauskis.

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[it] Deividas Česnauskis

Deividas Česnauskis (Kuršėnai, 30 giugno 1981) è un calciatore lituano, centrocampista del FK Trakai e della Nazionale lituana.

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[ru] Чеснаускис, Дейвидас

Де́йвидас Чесна́ускис (лит. Deividas Česnauskis; 30 июня 1981, Куршенай, Литовская ССР) — литовский футболист, полузащитник. Выступал за сборную Литвы.

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