Simas Skinderis

Simas Skinderis
Personal information
Date of birth	17 February 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	FK Nevėžis
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2000	Ekranas
2001	Dainava Alytus
2002	Inkaras Kaunas
2002–2003	Atlantas
2004	Šilutė
2004	Torpedo-SKA Minsk
2005–2006	Naftan Navapolatsk
2007	Akzhayik
2009–2011	Minsk
2012	Belshina Babruysk
2013	Slavia Mozyr
2014–2016	Haradzieja
2017	Nevėžis
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2016

Simas Skinderis (born 17 February 1981) is a retired Lithuanian professional footballer. He has played as goalkeeper in clubs in Lithuania, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

He ended his career in 2017 while playing for Nevėžis in the LFF I Lyga.^[1] Skinderis has since resided in Belarus since 2009 and is a coach for a private football academy.

In a January 2021 interview with Russian news portal Tribuna, Skinderis expressed support for the regime of Alexander Lukashenko and made controversial statements about the protest movement of 2020-2021, saying that "Belarusians have a slightly kolkhoz-like mentality and you have to treat them more harshly" and that "order needs to be preserved and no gay-parades should be started etc".^[2]^[3] His remarks were criticized by sports journalist Alexander Ivulin.^[4]

References

^ "Kėdainių FK "Nevėžis" ruošiasi artėjančiam sezonui" (in Lithuanian). FK Nevėžis. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
^ ""С белорусским менталитетом, немного колхозным, людей нужно держать пожестче". Вратарь из Литвы учит жизни в Беларуси" ["With the slightly kolkhoz-like Belarusian mentality you have to rule the people more harshly": Lithuanian goalkeeper offers life advice in Belarus]. bytribuna.global.ssl.fastly.net (in Russian). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
^ "A.Lukašenkos režimą palaikantis S.Skinderis: "Kodėl gyvenu Baltarusijoje, o ne Lietuvoje? Nes čia geriau"" [S. Skinderis, supporter of A. Lukashenko's regime: "Why do I live in Belarus, not Lithuania? Since here it's better"]. sportas.lt (in Lithuanian). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
^ "Александр Ивулин: "Надеюсь, что Недосекову через пять лет будет стыдно"" [Alexander Ivulin: "I hope, that Nedosekov will be ashamed after five years"]. bytribuna.global.ssl.fastly.net (in Russian). 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

External links

Simas Skinderis at Soccerway

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[1] "Kėdainių FK "Nevėžis" ruošiasi artėjančiam sezonui" (in Lithuanian). FK Nevėžis. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

[2] ""С белорусским менталитетом, немного колхозным, людей нужно держать пожестче". Вратарь из Литвы учит жизни в Беларуси" ["With the slightly kolkhoz-like Belarusian mentality you have to rule the people more harshly": Lithuanian goalkeeper offers life advice in Belarus]. bytribuna.global.ssl.fastly.net (in Russian). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

[3] "A.Lukašenkos režimą palaikantis S.Skinderis: "Kodėl gyvenu Baltarusijoje, o ne Lietuvoje? Nes čia geriau"" [S. Skinderis, supporter of A. Lukashenko's regime: "Why do I live in Belarus, not Lithuania? Since here it's better"]. sportas.lt (in Lithuanian). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

[4] "Александр Ивулин: "Надеюсь, что Недосекову через пять лет будет стыдно"" [Alexander Ivulin: "I hope, that Nedosekov will be ashamed after five years"]. bytribuna.global.ssl.fastly.net (in Russian). 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

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