Donatas Vencevičius

Donatas Vencevičius

Personal information
Full name	Donatas Vencevičius
Date of birth	(1973-11-28) 28 November 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Alytus, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1996	Žalgiris Vilnius	121	(31)
1997–1999	Polonia Warsaw	33	(2)
2000–2002	FC København	46	(2)
2002	IK Start	24	(1)
2003	Sviesa Vilnius	17	(3)
2003–2004	Marsaxlokk	24	(0)
2004	Vilnius	10	(2)
2005	GIF Sundsvall	13	(0)
2006	Vėtra	17	(0)
International career
1995–2005	Lithuania	33	(2)
Managerial career
2007	Vėtra (assistant)
2007–2008	Vėtra
2008	Sūduva Marijampolė (assistant)
2009	OKS 1945 Olsztyn (caretaker)
2010–2011	Sūduva Marijampolė
2011–2014	Wigry Suwałki
2014–2015	Wigry Suwałki (assistant)
2015–2016	Wigry Suwałki
2016–2017	Jonava
2018	DFK Dainava
2018–2022	Wigry Suwałki (assistant)
2019–2020	Lithuania U21
2020	Wigry Suwałki (caretaker)
2021	Wigry Suwałki (caretaker)
2021	Wigry Suwałki (caretaker)
2022–2023	Miedź Legnica (assistant)
2023	Podbeskidzie (assistant)
2024	TransINVEST
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Donatas Vencevičius (born 28 November 1973) is a Lithuanian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was most recently in charge of A Lyga club TransINVEST.

Vencevičius started his career at Žalgiris Vilnius. In 2001, while playing for FC København, he became champion of the Danish Superliga. In 2002, he played for the Norwegian club IK Start. Donatas also made a mediocre stay in the Swedish club GIF Sundsvall during the season 2005.

He started his managerial career in 2007 after announcing his retirement from professional football as a player and was first assistant, then head coach of FK Vėtra for one season before moving to FK Sūduva in 2009 to take up an assistant coach position. Before the 2010 season, Sūduva appointed Vencevičius as the head coach.

On 24 May 2011, he was named new manager of II liga club Wigry Suwałki.

On 14 December 2016, he signed a two-year contract with Lithuanian A Lyga club Jonava.^[1]

Honours

Žalgiris Vilnius

• A Lyga: 1991–92
• Lithuanian Cup: 1991, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97

Polonia Warsaw

• Ekstraklasa: 1999–2000

Copenhagen

• Superliga: 2000–01
• Danish Super Cup: 2001^[2]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 September 2003	Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	2–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
2.	5 June 2004	Portugal	Portugal	1–2	1–4	Friendly

References

1. ""Lietavai" kitą sezoną vadovaus naujas strategas" (in Lithuanian). FK Jonava. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
2. "Sunday 07/10 2001 at 19:05". fck.dk. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

External links

• Donatas Vencevičius at Soccerbase
• Donatas Vencevičius at National-Football-Teams.com