Titas Krapikas

Titas Krapikas (born 3 January 1999) is a Lithuanian football player. He plays in Italy for Spezia.

Titas Krapikas
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-03) 3 January 1999
Place of birth Kaunas, Lithuania
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Spezia
Number 12
Youth career
0000–2015 NFA
2015–2019 Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Sampdoria 0 (0)
2019– Spezia 5 (0)
National team‡
2015 Lithuania U17 3 (0)
2016–2017 Lithuania U19 9 (0)
2017– Lithuania U21 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2019

Club career

He joined Italian club Sampdoria in 2015 and began playing for their Under-19 squad in the 2016–17 season.[1] In the 2016–17 Serie A season, he also appeared on the bench for the senior squad on 22 occasions, but did not see time on the field. For the next 2 seasons, he mostly stayed with the junior squad, getting 11 call-ups to the senior team in total.

On 28 June 2019 he signed a 3-year contract with an additional 2-year extension option with Serie B club Spezia.[2]

He made his Serie B debut for Spezia on 24 August 2019 in a game against Cittadella.[3] He established himself as Spezia's first-choice goalkeeper early in the season.

International career

Krapikas started to play in the national youth teams of Lithuania in 2015. He played 3 matches with the U-17 team, 2 of them in the qualifications of European Under-17 Championship 2016 in Azerbaijan.

The following year, he moved to the U-19 team. He remained there for 2 years, playing 9 times, 2 in the qualifications of the European Under-19 Championship 2017 in Georgia and 3 in the European Under-19 Championship 2018 in Finland.

In 2017 he began his performance in the U-21 team. After 5 friendly matches, on 7 September 2018, he debuted in the official race. He played in the qualification and main competition of European Under-21 Championship 2019 in Italy and San Marino. In the home game in Gargždai against Georgia, where he played as a starter, the final score was 0–0.[4]

References
  1. Titas Krapikas at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  2. "Mercato: Titas Krapikas nuovo portiere aquilotto" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 28 June 2019.
  3. "Cittadella v Spezia game report". Soccerway. 24 August 2019.
  4. "Lituania U21-Georgia U21". Retrieved 30 August 2019.
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