Marius Žaliūkas

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Personal information
Marius Žaliūkas
Date of birth	November 10, 1983 (age 23)
Place of birth	Kuršėnai, Lithuania
Height	6' 3"
Playing position	Centre back Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Heart of Midlothian
Number	26
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2004 2004 2004-2005 2005-present 2006-present	Inkaras Kaunas FBK Kaunas FK Šilutė FBK Kaunas → Hearts (loan)	09 (0) 00 (0) 15 (0) 28 (2) 22 (1)
National team²
2005-	Lithuania	03 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:08, 27 March 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 13:00, 8 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Marius Žaliūkas (born November 10, 1983, in Kuršėnai) is a Lithuanian footballer, currently on a season-long loan at Scottish Premier League club Hearts from FBK Kaunas.

He started his career with Inkaras Kaunas before joining city rivals FBK Kaunas. He spent a season with FK Šilutė before returning to Kaunas to claim a regular first team position.

Žaliūkas was loaned to Hearts for the 2006-07, making his debut on 26 August 2006 in a 4-1 victory over Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He scored his first goal for the Tynecastle club in a 2-2 draw against St. Mirren in December 2006. On April 1 2007, he earned hero status amongst Hearts fans after scoring a late winner against bitter rivals Hibernian at Easter Road. This marked the first time that Hearts had won at Easter Road since November 2002.

[edit] External links

Marius Zaliukas career stats at Soccerbase
Career appearances at national-football-teams.com
Appearances at londonhearts.com

Heart of Midlothian F.C. - Current Squad

This biographical article related to Lithuanian football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Persondata
NAME	Zaliukas, Marius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Lithuanian footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 10, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kuršėnai, Lithuania
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH