Simas Skinderis
Lithuanian footballer
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Simas Skinderis (born 17 February 1981) is a retired Lithuanian professional footballer. He has played as goalkeeper in clubs in Lithuania, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 February 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FK Nevėžis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | Ekranas | 18 | (0) |
| 2001 | Dainava Alytus | 16 | (0) |
| 2002 | Inkaras Kaunas | 12 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Atlantas | 29 | (0) |
| 2004 | Šilutė | 13 | (0) |
| 2004 | Torpedo-SKA Minsk | 11 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Naftan Navapolatsk | 31 | (0) |
| 2007 | Akzhayik | 14 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Minsk | 54 | (0) |
| 2012 | Belshina Babruysk | 17 | (0) |
| 2013 | Slavia Mozyr | 13 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Haradzieja | 29 | (0) |
| 2017 | Nevėžis | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 December 2016 | |||
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]
