Andrius Skerla

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Personal information
Andrius Skerla
Full name	Andrius Skerla
Date of birth	April 29, 1977
Place of birth	Vilnius, Soviet Union
Height	1.85 m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Korona Kielce
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1996 1997-1999 2000-2005 2005-2006 2007 2007-present	Žalgiris PSV Dunfermline Tom Tomsk Vėtra Korona Kielce	41 (2) 25 (0) 167 (2) 31 (1) 22 (0) 21 (2)
National team²
1999-	Lithuania	064 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 6, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 27, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Andrius Skerla (born April 29, 1977 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian professional football defender, currently playing for Polish Orange Ekstraklasa club Korona Kielce.

1 Early career
2 Dunfermline Athletic
3 Eastern Europe
4 International
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Early career

Started his career at local club FK Žalgiris Vilnius in 1995, before Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven signed him in 1996. After an unsuccessful spell in Holland, Skerla signed for SPL side Dunfermline Athletic.

[edit] Dunfermline Athletic

Skerla's time at Dunfermline was his most successful period of football. He was signed for £200,000^[1] by new manager Jimmy Calderwood and was immediately put into the starting line up. After a successful first season at Dunfermline he was linked with numourous clubs including Scottish club Glasgow Rangers^[2], but Skerla insisted he wanted to stay at East End Park.

Skerla will most probably be remembered by the Pars fans, for scoring Dunfermline's only goal in the 2004 Scottish Cup Final against Celtic.^[3]

In March of 2005, Skerla annoucned he wished to move back closer to Lithuania due to his father passing away. After Russian side Rubin Kazan had a bid failed because it did not meet Dunfermline's valuation of the player^[4], Skerla re-iterated his descion that he wanted to move^[5] and eventually he moved to Tom Tomsk for £200,000.^[6]

[edit] Eastern Europe

Since leaving Dunfermline for Russia, Skerla has played for Lithuanian side FK Vėtra and is currently at Polish Orange Ekstraklasa team Korona Kielce.