Tomas Žvirgždauskas
Encyclopedia
Tomas Žvirgždauskas is a football
defender
from Lithuania
, who plays defender
for Halmstads BK
.
, where he won the title. He later played a short period for Widzew Lodz
, then going on a trial at the Israeli club, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, but failed to get a contract. In September of 2002, he signed a contract with the Swedish club, Halmstads BK
.
Žvirgždauskas has played 45 international games for Lithuania.
In 2006, he received a 1-month ban after assaulting IK Brage
forward, Mats Theander, in a friendly match.
In his youth, he played basketball
. While his father wanted him to be a boxer
, he stopped when his mother, a doctor, forbade him, due to her fear of seeing him get hurt.
In every league he have played he have used nicknames rather than his own last name due to pronunciation difficulties, in Lithuania he was called Žvirgždas, in Poland Zvirac and in Sweden Zvirre.
Polonia Warsaw:
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
defender
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
from Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
, who plays defender
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
for Halmstads BK
Halmstads BK
Halmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of Sweden. The club, formed 6 March 1914, competes in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title...
.
Career
His career started in Zalgiris Vilnius, where he won the Lithuanian league title twice. In 1995, he moved to Danish team, Naestved BK, but only played a few games before moving back to Zalgiris Vilnius the following year. His return to Lithuania was short, as he moved yet again shortly thereafter to the Polish Premier League and the team Polonia WarszawaPolonia Warszawa
Polonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...
, where he won the title. He later played a short period for Widzew Lodz
Widzew Lódz
RTS Widzew Łódź , is a professional Polish football club based in Łódź, Poland.The club was founded in 1910 and named after the "Widzew" district of the city where it is based; its home is the Stadion im. Ludwika Sobolewskiego at 138 Pilsudski street. Widzew has won four Polish league championships...
, then going on a trial at the Israeli club, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, but failed to get a contract. In September of 2002, he signed a contract with the Swedish club, Halmstads BK
Halmstads BK
Halmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of Sweden. The club, formed 6 March 1914, competes in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title...
.
Žvirgždauskas has played 45 international games for Lithuania.
In 2006, he received a 1-month ban after assaulting IK Brage
IK Brage
IK Brage is a Swedish football club located in Borlänge. The club, formed 1925, has played 18 seasons in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. The 2010 season will be played in the second highest Swedish league, Superettan...
forward, Mats Theander, in a friendly match.
Personal life
He lives with hes wife, Aorsra, and their two children, Patricia and Jostas. His father died in 1993 due to a heart attack.In his youth, he played basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
. While his father wanted him to be a boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, he stopped when his mother, a doctor, forbade him, due to her fear of seeing him get hurt.
In every league he have played he have used nicknames rather than his own last name due to pronunciation difficulties, in Lithuania he was called Žvirgždas, in Poland Zvirac and in Sweden Zvirre.
Club
Zalgiris Vilnius:- A LygaA LygaThe A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. It is organized by LFF . League size has varied between 8 and 12 teams over the past few years; for its 2011 season, the league features 12 teams...
: 19911991 LFF LygaFinal tables of the Lithuanian Championship in 1991 are presented below. Lithuanian Football Federation organizes three football leagues: A Lyga , 1 Lyga , and 2 Lyga , which comprises several zones. 1991 was a transitional year: it was decided to adopt western fall-spring model. Therefore the...
, 1991-92 - Lithuanian Football CupLithuanian football CupThe Lithuanian Football Federation Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in Lithuanian football. It began in 1947 as a tournament for teams in the Lithuanian SSR not competing in the Soviet league pyramid...
: 1991, 1993, 1994
Polonia Warsaw:
- Ekstraklasa: 2000
- Polish SuperCupPolish SuperCupThe Polish SuperCup in football is an annually held match between the champion of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winner. To this date the Polish SuperCup has been played out 21 times with the Polish Cup winner taking the trophy 13 times, while the Ekstraklasa champions had won the trophy 8 times...
: 2000 - Ekstraklasa CupEkstraklasa CupThe Ekstraklasa Cup was an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs who play in the Polish 1st Division Ekstraklasa. The first ever Ekstraklasa Cup was held in 1952 in which Wawel Kraków came out victorious over Cracovia Kraków with the final score being 5-1. Two tournements were also held...
: 2000