Karolis Uzėla
Lithuanian footballer
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Karolis Uzėla (born 11 March 2000) was a Lithuanian football player.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 March 2000 | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2022 | FK Žalgiris | 54 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | → SPAL (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | RFS | 15 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Kauno Žalgiris | 9 | (0) |
| 2025 | Transinvest | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2022 | Lithuania U-21 | 14 | (1) |
| 2021–2023 | Lithuania | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 April 2025 | |||
Club career
He spent the 2018–19 season on loan at Italian club SPAL, where he mostly played for their Under-19 squad. He was called up to the senior team for Serie A games on two occasions but remained on the bench in both games.[2]
On 25 January 2022, he signed a three-year contract with RFS in Latvia.[3]
On 28 June 2023, Uzėla signed for Lithuanian club Kauno Žalgiris, on a contract until 31 December 2024.[4]
Coach
On 24 April 2025 announced, that Uzėla ended his career of the profesional footbalist. In that time he was student in Lietuvos Sporto Universitetas (LSU) and started coaching children groups in Vilnius Football Academy (VFA)[5]
International career
He made his debut for the Lithuania national football team on 2 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland, a 1–4 home loss. He substituted Ovidijus Verbickas in the 80th minute.[6]
