Benjaminas Zelkevičius

Benjaminas Zelkevičius

Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-02-06) 6 February 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth	Kaunas, Reichskommissariat Ostland (present-day Lithuania)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	FM Ateitis (technical director)
Youth career
	Banga Kaunas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1962	Banga Kaunas	18	(2)
1963–1967	Žalgiris Vilnius	150	(23)
1968	Shakhtar Donetsk	19	(3)
1969–1973	Žalgiris Vilnius	181	(27)
1973–1975	Pažanga Vilnius
Managerial career
1973–1977	Šviesa (assistant)
1977–1983	Žalgiris Vilnius
1983–1985	ShVSM Vilnius
1985–1991	Žalgiris Vilnius
1990–1991	Lithuania
1992	Austria Wien (assistant)
1992–1996	Žalgiris Vilnius
1995–1997	Lithuania
1997	KAMAZ-Chally
1997–1998	Metallurg Lipetsk
1998	Rotor Volgograd (assistant)
1999	Shinnik Yaroslavl
2000	Baltika Kaliningrad (consultant)
2001–2003	Lithuania
2002–2003	Baltika Kaliningrad
2004–2007	Liepājas Metalurgs
2009	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
2009–2010	FM Ateitis (youth)
2019–	FM Ateitis (technical director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benjaminas Zelkevičius (born 6 February 1944) is a Lithuanian football coach and a former player who is technical director at FM Ateitis. He has been manager of the Lithuania national team on three separate occasions: from 1990 to 1991, 1995 to 1997, and 2001 to 2002. He played as a striker, making 331 appearances and scoring 50 goals for Žalgiris Vilnius.

He has coached also Žalgiris Vilnius and Russian club Baltika Kaliningrad. During his playing career, he played for Shakhtar Donetsk in the Soviet Top League and for Žalgiris Vilnius in the Soviet First League.^[1]

Post-managing career

From September 2009 through 2010 Zelkevičius was coaching at FM Ateitis youth academy. On 12 August 2019, he became Ateitis' technical director.^[2]

Since 2015, Zelkevičius also is chair of the Lithuanian Football Coaches Council.^[3]

Honours

• Baltic Cup
  • 1991

Champion of Latvia 2005

References

1. Benjaminas Zelkevičius at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
2. "Iš futbolo nesitraukia – Zelkevičius deda naują žingsnį savo karjeroje". DELFI (in Lithuanian). 12 August 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
3. "Lietuvos nacionalinės futbolo rinktinės naujojo trenerio rinkimai". Alytaus gidas (in Lithuanian). 18 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2019.