1968 Shakhtar Donetsk Position Coach 1963-1967 Zalgiris Vilnius Height 1.83 m | Years Team Role Football player Playing position Name Benjaminas Zelkevicius | |
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Date of birth (1944-02-06) 6 February 1944 (age 71) | ||
Place of birth Vilnius, Lithuania | ||
Benjaminas Zelkevičius (born 6 February 1944) is a football coach and a former striker from Lithuania. 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).
He had coached also FK Žalgiris Vilnius and Russian football club 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.
Honours
Champion of Latvia 2005
References
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