Valdemaras Martinkėnas

Valdemaras Martinkėnas

Personal information
Full name	Valdemaras Adolfavicius Martinkenas
Date of birth	(1965-03-10)10 March 1965
Place of birth	Alytus, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death	Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1987	FK Žalgiris Vilnius	0	(0)
1987–1988	FK Atlantas	37	(0)
1989–1991	FK Žalgiris Vilnius	67	(0)
1991–1993	FC Dynamo Kyiv	24	(0)
1993–1994	FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv	4	(0)
1994–1996	FC Wil
1996	FC Haka	3	(0)
1996–1997	Lelle SK	1	(0)
1997	KAMAZ	19	(0)
1997–1999	Kareda Šiauliai
2000	FC Kuressaare
International career
1991–1997	Lithuania	19	(0)
Managerial career
1999	Kareda Šiauliai
2003–2004	FC Flora Tallinn (assistant)
2003–2004	Estonia (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2009

Valdemaras Martinkėnas (10 March 1965 – 20 July 2004) was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional footballer and coach.

Born in Alytus, Martinkėnas was the goalkeeper for the Lithuanian national team in the years after independence from the USSR, appearing in most of the qualifying games for the 1994 World Cup. He won 19 caps for his country.

He also won the Lithuanian league championship with Zalgiris Vilnius in 1991, and starred in Dynamo Kyiv's 1992–93 Ukrainian league championship win. Later, he became goalkeeping coach to the Estonian national side.

Martinkėnas died at the age of 39 in Nova Gorica in Slovenia, drowning in a strong current after having gone for a swim in a mountain river. He was the goalkeeping coach of Flora Tallinn at the time, and was in Slovenia preparing for their Champions League qualifier against NK Gorica.

Honours

• A Lyga champion: 1991.
• A Lyga bronze: 1990.
• Ukrainian Premier League champion: 1993.
• Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1992.

European club competitions

• UEFA Cup 1989–90 with FK Žalgiris Vilnius: 4 games.
• European Cup 1990–91 with FC Dynamo Kyiv: 2 games.

External links

• (Russian) Career summary at KLISF