Valdas Trakys | |
Birth Date: | 20 March 1979 |
Birth Place: | Kretinga, Lithuanian SSR, USSR |
Currentclub: | Neptūnas (manager) |
Position: | Striker |
Years1: | 1997–2000 |
Caps1: | 49 |
Goals1: | 25 |
Clubs1: | FBK Kaunas |
Years2: | 2000–2001 |
Caps2: | 21 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Clubs2: | FC Torpedo Moscow |
Years3: | 2000 |
Caps3: | 6 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Clubs3: | FC Torpedo-2 Moscow |
Years4: | 2001 |
Caps4: | 1 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Clubs4: | FC Khimki |
Years5: | 2002–2003 |
Caps5: | 6 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Clubs5: | FH Hafnarfjörður |
Years6: | 2003–2004 |
Caps6: | 7 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Clubs6: | SpVgg Greuther Fürth |
Years7: | 2004 |
Caps7: | 12 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Clubs7: | VfL Osnabrück |
Years8: | 2004–2005 |
Caps8: | 4 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Clubs8: | FC Kuban Krasnodar |
Years9: | 2005 |
Caps9: | 17 |
Goals9: | 1 |
Clubs9: | FK Atlantas |
Years10: | 2005 |
Caps10: | 18 |
Goals10: | 1 |
Clubs10: | FC Oryol |
Years11: | 2006 |
Caps11: | 32 |
Goals11: | 4 |
Clubs11: | FK Atlantas |
Years12: | 2006–2007 |
Caps12: | 12 |
Goals12: | 3 |
Clubs12: | FC Inter Baku |
Years13: | 2008–2010 |
Caps13: | 51 |
Goals13: | 26 |
Clubs13: | FK Ekranas |
Years14: | 2010–2011 |
Caps14: | 9 |
Goals14: | 1 |
Clubs14: | Panserraikos |
Years15: | 2011 |
Caps15: | 9 |
Goals15: | 0 |
Clubs15: | Hibernian |
Years16: | 2012 |
Caps16: | 14 |
Goals16: | 1 |
Clubs16: | Anagennisi Epanomi F.C. |
Years17: | 2012–2013 |
Caps17: | 10 |
Goals17: | 0 |
Clubs17: | Kruoja Pakruojis |
Years18: | 2013 |
Caps18: | 10 |
Goals18: | 0 |
Clubs18: | FK Atlantas |
Nationalyears1: | 1998–2009 |
Nationalteam1: | Lithuania |
Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Manageryears1: | 2014–2018 |
Managerclubs1: | Palanga |
Manageryears2: | 2019–2021 |
Managerclubs2: | Minija |
Manageryears3: | 2022– |
Managerclubs3: | Neptūnas |
Valdas Trakys (born 20 March 1979) is a Lithuanian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Neptūnas.
Trakys started his professional career in 1995 with FK Panerys Vilnius in his native Lithuania.[1] He played for FC Harelbeke and FBK Kaunas before moving to Russia to play for Torpedo Moscow.[1] After a year with FC Khimki, Trakys left Russia to play for FH Hafnarfjörður in Iceland.[1] Trakys then moved to Germany, playing for Greuther Fürth.[1]
Since 2004, Trakys has played in Russia, Lithuania, Azerbaijan and Greece.[1] He was top scorer in the Lithuanian A Lyga in the 2009 season. In January 2010, he signed a six-month contract with Greek Beta Ethniki side Panserraikos.[1] [2] Trakys left Panserraikos after they breached his contract.[3]
Trakys then had a trial spell with Scottish Premier League club Hibernian, and signed on 14 September.[1] [3] [4] He made his first starting appearance for Hibs in a 3–0 win against Rangers at Ibrox on 10 November 2010,[5] but was informed by manager Colin Calderwood in April 2011 that his contract would not be renewed.[6] [7]
Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
2006–07[9] | Inter Baku | Azerbaijan Top League | 12 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | 12 | 4 | ||
2008 | Ekranas | A Lyga | 24 | 6 | colspan="2" | - | 24 | 6 | |||
2009 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 21 | |||||
2009–10 | Panserraikos | Beta Ethniki | 12 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | 12 | 1 | |||
2010–11 | Hibernian | Scottish Premier League | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 10 | 0 | |
2011–12 | Panserraikos | Football League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |
Anagennisi Epanomi | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 16 | 1 | |||
2012 | Kruoja Pakruojis | A Lyga | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 12 | 0 | |
2013 | Atlantas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 10 | 0 | ||
Total | Lithuania | 71 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 75 | 27 | ||
Azerbaijan | 12 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | 12 | 4 | ||||
Greece | 27 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | 28 | 2 | ||||
Scotland | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 10 | 0 | |||
Career total | 119 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 125 | 33 |
Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.
Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||
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1 | 2 February 2000 | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly match | |||
2 | 4 July 2001 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 2001 Baltic Cup |
From 2014 was head coach of FK Palanga. In 2017 season with FK Palanga won Lithuanian First League and team was promoted to 2018 A Lyga.
In January 2019 he became head coach of Minija.[10]
In February 2019 became Lithuanian U-19 head coach.[11]