| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Klaipėda, Lithuania | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | FK Banga | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2017 | Banga Gargždai | ||
| 2017–2022 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | 1. FC Nürnberg II | 18 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | VfL Osnabrück | 0 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Banga Gargždai (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2024– | Banga Gargždai | 14 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2017 | Lithuania U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019– | Lithuania U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2019– | Lithuania | 14 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 10 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 April 2023 | |||
Benas Šatkus (born 1 April 2001) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Banga Gargždai and the Lithuania national team.
Club career
1. FC Nürnberg
In 2020, Šatkus signed his first professional contract with 1. FC Nürnberg. In German he played from summer of the 2020. He appeared for the reserves, competing in Fußball-Regionalliga Bayern.
VfL Osnabrück
In the summer of 2022, Šatkus moved to 3. Liga club VfL Osnabrück.
International career
Šatkus made his international debut for Lithuania national team on 17 November 2019 in a friendly match against New Zealand, which finished as a 1–0 home win.
References
- Benas Šatkus at WorldFootball.net
- "Lietuvis pasirašė sutartį su devynis kartus Vokietijos čempionu tapusiu klubu".
- "Perspektyvus lietuvis ruošiasi praverti pagrindinės "Nurnberg" komandos duris". 5 August 2020.
- "VFL verpflichtet Litauens Nationalspieler Benas Šatkus". 13 April 2022.
- "VFL Osnabrück verpflichtet Satkus: "Sofort Feuer und Flamme" - kicker".
- "Lithuania-New Zealand | European Qualifiers 2020".
External links
- Benas Šatkus – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Benas Šatkus at Soccerway
- Benas Šatkus at DFB (also available in German)
- Benas Šatkus at kicker (in German)
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Klaipėda
- Lithuanian men's footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- Lithuania men's international footballers
- Lithuania men's under-21 international footballers
- Lithuania men's youth international footballers
- Regionalliga players
- 1. FC Nürnberg players
- 1. FC Nürnberg II players
- VfL Osnabrück players
- Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers
- Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Lithuanian football biography stubs