Benjaminas Zelkevičius (born 6 February 1944) is a football coach and a former striker from Lithuania. He is currently the technical director at FM Ateitis. Zelkevičius has been manager of the Lithuania national football team on three separate occasions: from 1990–1991, 1995–1997, and 2001–2002. As player he had played 331 matches for the FK Žalgiris Vilnius (50 goals).
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1944-02-06) 6 February 1944 (age 78) | ||
Place of birth |
Vilnius, Reichskommissariat Ostland (present-day Lithuania) | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club 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) |
Teams managed | |||
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 |
He had coached also FK Žalgiris Vilnius and Russian football club FC Baltika Kaliningrad.
During his playing career, he played for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Soviet Top League and for FK Žalgiris Vilnius in the Soviet First League.[1]
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]
Champion of Latvia 2005
Preceded by Viktors Lukins |
FHK Liepājas Metalurgs manager 2004-2007 |
Succeeded by |
Lithuanian Footballer of the Year | |
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FK Žalgiris – managers | |
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FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny – managers | |
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FC Baltika Kaliningrad – managers | |
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FK Liepājas Metalurgs – managers | |
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FC Luch Vladivostok – managers | |
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