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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 January 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Klaipėda, Lithuania | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Liepāja | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FBK Kaunas | |||
| 2010–2012 | Padova | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Ekranas Panevėžys | 44 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Marbella | 59 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Piast Gliwice | 10 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Tom Tomsk (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2018 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Keşla | 18 | (1) |
| 2019 | RFS | 14 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | KFC Uerdingen 05 | 32 | (1) |
| 2021–2023 | Kauno Žalgiris | 74 | (10) |
| 2023–2024 | SV Sandhausen | 26 | (0) |
| 2025– | Liepāja | 11 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Lithuania U19 | 10 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Lithuania U21 | 14 | (0) |
| 2016– | Lithuania | 62 | (2) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:35, 13 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Edvinas Girdvainis (born 17 January 1993) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Latvian club Liepāja and the Lithuania national team.
Club career
[edit]On 28 June 2016, Girdvainis signed a three-year contract with one of the top Poland clubs Piast Gliwice.[1] On 21 July 2017, he was loaned for one season to Russian club Tom Tomsk.[2]
On 18 August 2018, Girdvainis signed a one-year contract with Keşla FK.[3]
He signed for 3. Liga side SV Sandhausen in December 2023.[4]
International career
[edit]Girdvainis debuted for the Lithuania national team against Romania on 23 March 2016.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 3 October 2025[6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ekranas Panevėžys | 2012 | A Lyga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 2013 | A Lyga | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2014 | A Lyga | 16 | 0 | — | 2[e] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Marbella | 2014–15 | Segunda División B | 28 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Segunda División B | 31 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 59 | 0 | — | — | — | 59 | 0 | |||||
| Piast Gliwice | 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 10 | 0 | — | 1[e] | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Ekstraklasa | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Toal | 10 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Tomsk (loan) | 2017–18 | Russian First League | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2018–19 | Israeli Premier League | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3[f] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Keşla | 2018–19 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| RFS | 2019 | Virslīga | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |
| KFC Uerdingen 05 | 2019–20 | 3. Liga | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | 3. Liga | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 1 | — | — | — | 32 | 1 | |||||
| Kauno Žalgiris | 2021 | A Lyga | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | A Lyga | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2[g] | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2023 | A Lyga | 33 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2[g] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 40 | 10 | |
| Total | 74 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 12 | ||
| SV Sandhausen | 2023–24 | 3. Liga | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 3. Liga | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[h] | 1 | 22 | 1 | ||
| Total | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | |||
| Liepāja | 2025 | Virslīga | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 307 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 349 | 15 | ||
- ↑ Includes Lithuanian Cup, Russian Cup, Azerbaijan Cup, Latvian Cup, DFB-Pokal
- ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- 1 2 Appearance in Lithuanian Supercup
- 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in Toto Cup
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ↑ Appearance in Baden Cup
International
[edit]- As of match played 12 October 2025[7]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | |||
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 62 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Girdvainis goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 June 2023 | Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania |  Bulgaria | 1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
| 2 | 7 September 2024 |  Netherlands | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Edvinas Girdvainis zawodnikiem Piasta Gliwice" [Edvinas Girdvainis – a player of Piast Gliwice]. piastgliwice.eu (in Polish). Piast Gliwice. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ "Три защитника пополнили состав "Томи"" [Three defenders have enlarged "Tom"'s squad]. fctomtomsk.ru (in Russian). Tom Tomsk. 21 July 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ "Komandamıza yeni futbolçu qoşuldu". www.keshlafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Keşla FK. 18 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ↑ "Sandhausen verpflichtet Litauen-Kapitän Girdvainis" [Sandhausen sign Lithuania captain Girdvainis]. kicker (in German). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ↑ "E. Jankauskas debiutavo pralaimėjimu Rumunijoje". lzinios.lt. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016.
- ↑ "E. GIRDVAINIS". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ↑ "Edvinas Girdvainis". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
External links
[edit]- Edvinas Girdvainis at Soccerway
- Edvinas Girdvainis at Kicker (in German)
- Edvinas Girdvainis at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
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