Vykintas Slivka

Vykintas Slivka
Personal information
Full name Vykintas Slivka
Date of birth (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995
Place of birth Panevėžys, Lithuania
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hibernian
Number 8
Youth career
Ekranas
2013–2014 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Juventus 0 (0)
2014 → Modena (loan) 0 (0)
2015 → Gorica (loan) 12 (1)
2015–2017 → Den Bosch (loan) 40 (2)
2017 → Ascoli (loan) 6 (0)
2017– Hibernian 26 (2)
National team‡
2015– Lithuania 28 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:42, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:42, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Vykintas Slivka (born 29 April 1995) is a Lithuanian professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian and the Lithuania national team.

Club career

Slivka signed for Italian club Juventus in 2014. He was loaned to Modena, Gorica, Den Bosch and Ascoli over the next three seasons.[1]

He left Juventus in July 2017, signing a three-year contract with Hibernian.[2][3] He scored his first goal for Hibernian on 12 August, in a 3–2 win against Rangers.[4] Slivka missed over two months of the 2017–18 season due to a hamstring injury.[5] In his first appearance after the injury, Slivka scored the second goal for Hibs in a 2–1 win against Celtic.[5]

International career

On 5 June 2015, Slivka made his debut for Lithuania in a friendly match against Hungary.[6] During 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, Slivka scored goals against Slovenia and Malta.

Career statistics

Club

As of 04:42, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[7]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Gorica 2014–15[8] PrvaLiga 121———121
Den Bosch 2015–16[8] Eerste Divisie 28241——323
2016–17[8] Eerste Divisie 12010——130
Den Bosch total 40251——453
Ascoli 2016–17[8] Serie B 60———60
Hibernian 2017–18[9] Scottish Premiership 2221040—272
2018–19[10][note 1] Scottish Premiership 40—1060110
Hibernian total 262105060382
Career total 8456150601016

    International

    As of 11:19, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
    Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Lithuania 201570
    201691
    201761
    201860
    Total282
    Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.[11]
    GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.4 September 2016LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania Slovenia2–02–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
    2.5 October 2017Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta Malta1–11–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification

    Notes

    1. ↑ Soccerbase did not record appearances made by Slivka against NSI Runavik on 19 July, Asteras Tripolis on 26 July and 2 August, and Molde on 9 August and 16 August 2018.

    References

    1. ↑ Cubera, Paulius (25 January 2017). "Oficialu: Vykintas Slivka keliasi rungtyniauti į Italiją". 15min (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
    2. ↑ "HIBERNIAN SIGN SLIVKA ON PERMANENT DEAL". Hibernian FC. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
    3. ↑ "Juventus' Vykintas Slivka joins Hibernian on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
    4. ↑ "Rangers 2–3 Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
    5. 1 2 Brown, Anthony (27 April 2018). "Goal against Celtic was much-needed lift for Hibs' Vykintas Slivka". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
    6. ↑ "Lietuvos futbolo rinktinė subyrėjo Vengrijoje – pralaimėta 0:4" (in Lithuanian). Lrytas. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
    7. ↑ Vykintas Slivka at Soccerbase
    8. 1 2 3 4 Vykintas Slivka at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
    9. ↑ "Games played by Vykintas Slivka in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
    10. ↑ "Games played by Vykintas Slivka in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
    11. ↑ "V. Slivka". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
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