Justas Lasickas (born 6 October 1997) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or a winger for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Olimpija Ljubljana and the Lithuania national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 October 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Vilnius, Lithuania[1] | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back, winger[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Olimpija Ljubljana | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2013 | Žalgiris Vilnius | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 25 | (1) |
| 2013–2017 | Žalgiris Vilnius B | ||
| 2017–2018 | → Zemun (loan) | 34 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Voždovac | 89 | (6) |
| 2022– | Olimpija Ljubljana | 58 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Lithuania U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Lithuania U21 | 14 | (1) |
| 2018– | Lithuania | 55 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 | |||
Club career
editLasickas debuted with Žalgiris Vilnius in 2014. He had also played for the team's reserves in the Lithuanian second division.[2]
In summer 2017 he was loaned out to newly-promoted Serbian SuperLiga side Zemun.[1][3] He debuted in the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga on 5 August 2017, in a game against Radnički Niš.[4] Lasickas scored his first SuperLiga goal in the seventh round, in a home game against Bačka on 26 August 2017.[5]
After playing with Jagiellonia Białystok in Poland for one season, he returned to Serbia in June 2019 and signed with Voždovac.[6]
In May 2022, Lasickas joined Slovenian PrvaLiga side Olimpija Ljubljana.[7] He made his league debut for Olimpija on 24 July 2022 against Tabor Sežana in a 1–0 away win.[8]
International career
editLasickas represented Lithuania at under-19 and under-21 levels.[9]
In March 2018, he received a call from the senior team for their friendly matches against Georgia and Armenia.[10] He debuted for Lithuania on 24 March in the match against Georgia.[11]
Career statistics
editInternational
edit- Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lasickas goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 October 2021 | LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 2 | 15 November 2021 | LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Honours
editŽalgiris Vilnius
Olimpija Ljubljana
References
edit- ^ a b c d Justas Lasickas at Worldfootball
- ^ Justas Lasickas at lietuvosfutbolas.lt
- ^ Justas Lasickas at superliga.rs
- ^ Zemun vs Radnički Niš match report at superliga.rs
- ^ "Izveštaj sa utakmice Zemun – OFK Bačka" [Match report Zemun – OFK Bačka] (in Serbian). Serbian SuperLiga. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ "Voždovac doveo reprezentativca Litvanije Lasickasa". zurnal.rs (in Serbian). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Potrjena je okrepitev za Olimpijo: Justas Lasickas se je že fotografiral z Mladenom Rudonjo" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Justas Lasickas » PrvaLiga 2022/2023". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Justas Lasickas at Soccerway
- ^ "LIETUVOS FUTBOLO RINKTINĖJE – TRYS NAUJOKAI" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 15 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ Justas Lasickas at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Viškovič, Rok (6 May 2023). "Olimpija po drami v 130. minuti do dvojne krone, zanimiv niz Maribora je končan". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved 7 May 2023.