Deivydas Matulevičius

Deivydas Matulevičius (born 8 April 1989) is a Lithuanian footballer who plays as a striker for I Lyga club Dainava. Matulevičius has previously played for Interas-AE Visaginas, FC Vilnius and Žalgiris Vilnius in Lithuania, Odra Wodzisław, Cracovia and Reșița in Poland, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, FC Botoșani and Rapid București in Romania, Tobol in Kazakhstan, Royal Mouscron in Belgium, Hibernian in Scotland and Glentoran in Northern Ireland.

Deivydas Matulevičius
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-04-08) 8 April 1989
Place of birth Alytus, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Dainava
Number 9
Youth career
Vilkmergė Ukmergė
Vilnius
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Interas-AE Visaginas 15 (1)
2007–2008 Vilnius 10 (2)
2009–2010 Odra Wodzisław 18 (2)
2011–2012 Žalgiris Vilnius 31 (19)
2012 → Cracovia 7 (0)
2012–2015 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 69 (24)
2015 Tobol 13 (0)
2016–2017 Botoșani 26 (6)
2017 Royal Mouscron 16 (4)
2017–2018 Hibernian 12 (0)
2018 KuPS 6 (0)
2018–2019 Rapid București 19 (12)
2019 FK Kauno Žalgiris 11 (3)
2020 Glentoran 3 (0)
2020 CSM Reșița 8 (0)
2021– Dainava 26 (5)
International career‡
2005–2006 Lithuania U-17 3 (0)
2007–2008 Lithuania U-19 6 (0)
2007–2009 Lithuania U-21 13 (6)
2012– Lithuania 40 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2019

Career

Club

Matulevičius signed a two-year contract with Hibernian in July 2017.[1] He scored in a 5–0 Scottish League Cup win against Ayr United on 8 August,[2] but made few appearances and was made available for transfer in December.[3] He was subsequently released from his contract on 31 January 2018.[4]

In January 2020, Matulevičius signed for Glentoran.[5]

In 2021, Matulevičius joined Lithuanian club Dainava.[6]

Honours
Rapid București

Individual

International
As of match played 10 June 2017. Lithuania score listed first, score column indicates score after each Matulevičius goal.[7]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 August 2013Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg9 Luxembourg1–01–2International friendly
2 6 September 2013Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia10 Latvia1–21–22014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 10 September 2013Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė, Lithuania11 Liechtenstein1–02–0
4 3 September 2014Tauernstadion, Matrei in Osttirol, Austria14 United Arab Emirates1–01–1International friendly
5 8 September 2014San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino15 San Marino1–02–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

References
  1. "HIBERNIAN SIGN STRIKER MATULEVICIUS". Hibernian FC. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  2. "Hibernian 5–0 Ayr". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  3. Brown, Anthony (22 December 2017). "Hibs tell Deivydas Matulevicius he is free to leave club". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. Lindsay, Clive (1 February 2018). "Scottish Premiership ins and outs so far - January 2018". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. "Irish Premiership: Glentoran sign Lithuanian international striker Deivydas Matulevičius". BBC Sport. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. "DFK "DAINAVA" SUKIRTO RANKOMIS SU D. MATULEVIČIUMI IR V. LUKŠA" (in Lithuanian). DFK Dainava. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  7. "Deivydas Matulevičius". European Football. Retrieved 12 June 2017.


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