Matas Vareika
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Jonava, Lithuania | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Pyunik | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2016 | NFA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | NFA | 25 | (8) |
| 2019–2023 | Žalgiris | 36 | (5) |
| 2024 | Hegelmann | 32 | (10) |
| 2025– | Pyunik | 10 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Lithuania U17 | 9 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Lithuania U19 | 14 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | Lithuania U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2024– | Lithuania | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2025 | |||
Matas Vareika (born 27 January 2000) is a Lithuanian football player who plays as a left winger for Armenian Pyunik Club and the Lithuania national team.
Career
[edit]Fk Žalgiris
[edit]
On 3 March 2019 he made debut for FK Žalgiris in A Lyga against FK Palanga.[1]
On 20 November 2023, it was announced that Vareika left Žalgiris.[2]
FC Hegelmann
[edit]On 30 December 2023 he signed with Hegelmann Club.[3][4]
On 3 March 2024, Vareika made debut in A Lyga match against Transinvest.[5][6][7]
FC Pyunik
[edit]In January 2025 was broken contract with FC Hegelmann.[8]
On 25 February 2025 made his debut in Armenian premier League against FC Alashkert. In this match Vareika scored goal and Pyunik won 2–0.[9]
International career
[edit]Vareika made his debut for the senior Lithuania national team on 26 March 2024 in a Nations League play-out game against Gibraltar.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ https://alyga.lt/rungtynes/2019-03-03-zalgiris-palanga/901
- ^ IŠSISKYRĖ KELIAI SU M. VAREIKA
- ^ https://fchegelmann.com/po-5-metu-sostineje-matas-vareika-keliasi-i-kauna/
- ^ https://www.sportas.lt/naujiena/490444/po-5-metu-sostineje-m-vareika-keliasi-i-kauna
- ^ 2024-03-03 Hegelmann 2-3 Transinvest (alyga.lt)
- ^ 2024-03-03 Hegelmann 2-3 Transinvest (Soccerway)
- ^ https://lietuvosfutbolas.lt/rungtynes/fc-hegelmann-fk-transinvest-17400086/
- ^ M.Vareika pradeda legionieriaus karjerą
- ^ M.Vareikos debiutas Armėnijoje pažymėtas įvarčiu ir pergale
- ^ "Lithuania v Gibraltar game report". ESPN. 26 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Matas Vareika at Soccerway
- Matas Vareika at WorldFootball.net
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- 2000 births
- Sportspeople from Jonava
- Living people
- Lithuanian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Lithuania men's youth international footballers
- Lithuania men's under-21 international footballers
- Lithuania men's international footballers
- FK Žalgiris players
- FC Hegelmann players
- A Lyga players
- Lithuanian football biography stubs