Valerijonas Balčiūnas

Valerijonas Balčiūnas
Personal information
Date of birth (1904-11-27)27 November 1904
Place of birth Minsk, Belarus
Date of death 18 December 1984(1984-12-18) (aged 80)
Place of death Pompano Beach, Florida, United States
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–19?? ŠŠ Kovas Kaunas
National team
1924–1926 Lithuania 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Valerijonas Balčiūnas (27 November 1904 – 18 December 1984) was a Lithuanian footballer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]

Balčiūnas was a goalkeeper for ŠŠ Kovas Kaunas when he got called up to represent Lithuania at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, unfortunately they lost in the first round against Switzerland 0-9, a couple of days later a friendly match was arranged against Egypt and this time Balčiūnas conceded 10 goals. Over the next two years Balčiūnas played three more internationals including Lithuania's first ever international victory which was against Estonia.[2]

Balčiūnas would later become an international referee, and officiated in five internationals all involving Latvia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Valerijonas Balciunas Bio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Valerijonas Balciunas, player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Valerijonas Balciunas, international referees". eu-football.info. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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