Nerijus Barasa

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Nerijus Barasa
Personal information
Date of birth June 1, 1978 (1978-06-01) (age 30)
Place of birth    Mažeikiai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Right back
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1994
1995
1996
1997-1999
2000
2001-2002
2003
2003-2005
2005
2005-2007
2006-2007		 Mažeikių Romar
Atlantas Klaipėda
Baltika Liepāja
Kareda Šiauliai
FBK Kaunas
Krylia Sovetov Samara
FC Lada Togliatti
FC Alania Vladikavkaz
Krylia Sovetov Samara
FBK Kaunas
→ Hearts (loan)		 06 (0)
01 (0)
03 (0)
50 (3)
23 (2)
15 (0)
13 (0)
44 (0)
04 (0)
00 (0)
14 (0)   
National team2
2001-present Lithuania 26 (2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 23:48, 27 March 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12:54, 8 March 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Nerijus Barasa (born June 2, 1981 in Mažeikiai) is a former Lithuanian professional footballer. He played as a right-back or defensive midfielder.

Barasa started his career with FBK Kaunas in 1994 before joining Atlantas Klaipėda the following season. After a year in Latvia with Baltika Liepāja, he returned to Lithuania with his family, then FBK Kaunascame in for him .

kaunas beckoned for Barasa in 2001, where he spent the following 5 seasons; 4 in the Russian Premier League with FC Krylia Sovetov Samara and FC Alania Vladikavkaz and one in the Russian First Division with FC Lada Togliatti. During this period he was called up to the Lithuanian national team, earning his first cap in 2001.

At the end of the 2005 season, Barasa moved to Scotland, signing for FBK Kaunas then being immediately loaned to Heart of Midlothian. He joined the Tynecastle side on January 13, 2006 and spent a total of 16 months with the Edinburghclub appearing 5 times before moving back to Kaunas.

In October 2006 Barasa was at the centre of controversy when he and compatriot Saulius Mikoliūnas were booed by Hearts fans for perceived poor form in a game against Rangers. This prompted Hearts' Sporting Director Alex Kozlovski to suggest that the supporters had ulterior motives for booing them, expressly their nationality. [1] This claim was contested by fans representative groups and Kozlovski later apologised and retracted it. [2]

Barasa missed half of the 2006-07 season due to injury and left Hearts in the summer of 2007 before also rescinding his contract with Kaunas. After that he decided to hang up his boots to pursue business interests in Samara, Russia, where he lives with his wife. His last game was against Celtic in the Scottish championship on 14th of January 2007.

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 July 2001 Skonto Stadions, Riga, Latvia Flag of Latvia Latvia 1-0 1-4 Baltic Cup
2 18 August 2004 Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia Flag of Russia Russia 3-4 3-4 Friendly

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fans groups dismiss discrimination claim, Scotsman.com Sport, 21 November 2006.
  2. ^ Kozlovski says sorry, Scotsman.com Sport, 25 November 2006.

[edit] External links


FBK Kaunas – current squad

1 Malinauskas • 2 Radžius • 3 Mrowiec • 4 Mendy • 5 Sanajevas • 6 Manchkava • 7 Rimkevičius • 9 Barevičius • 10 Grigalevičius • 11 Rafael Gaúcho • 12 Kilijonas • 13 Strakhanovich • 18 Bagužis • 19 Bartkus • 20 Kvaratskhelia • 23 Kunevičius • 24 Bajrami • 26 Činikas • 27 Pehlić • –– Jankauskas • –– Klimek • Manager: Riabovas


Persondata
NAME Barasa, Nerijus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Lithuanian footballer
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Mažeikiai, Lithuania
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH