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Deividas Šemberas (born 2 August 1978) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. Between 1996 and 2013, he earned 82 international caps for Lithuania.
![]() Šemberas with Alania in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Deividas Šemberas | ||
Date of birth | 2 August 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1998 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 25 | (3) |
1998–2001 | Dynamo Moscow | 88 | (2) |
2002–2012 | CSKA Moscow | 254 | (2) |
2012–2013 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 46 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 53 | (7) |
Total | 466 | (13) | |
International career | |||
1996–2013 | Lithuania | 82 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Šemberas started his career in his home town of Vilnius, playing for FK Žalgiris from 1996 to 1998. Subsequently, he moved to Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow, for which he appeared in 88 games, scoring two goals. After four years at Dynamo, he joined rival team CSKA Moscow, where he stayed until 2012. In his ten years at CSKA, he won the Russian Premier League four times and the Russian Cup six times with his team. On 18 May 2005, he won the 2004–05 UEFA Cup with CSKA after they defeated Sporting CP 3–1 in the final. During the final, Šemberas came on as a substitute for Daniel Carvalho in the 82nd minute.[1] He was named Lithuanian Footballer of the Year 2005 by the Lithuanian Football Federation.
On 13 July 2012, Šemberas moved to Alania Vladikavkaz.[2] After the club was relegated at the end of the 2012–13 season, he left the club in February 2014 and re-joined his old club FK Žalgiris.[3] He was appointed as the team's captain and won the Lithuanian double, consisting of the A Lyga title and the Lithuanian Football Cup, in the seasons 2014 and 2015, before retiring from professional football.
Šemberas made his debut for the Lithuania national team in 1996 in a friendly match against Indonesia. Between 1996 and 2013, he earned 82 caps for his country.[4]
On 3 December 2015, Šemberas was appointed as the president of the A lygos klubų asociacija, the association that organizes the game operations of the A Lyga.[5]
Im November 2018, FK Žalgiris announced Šemberas as their new sporting director, alongside fellow former Lithuanian national Deividas Česnauskis.[6] In May 2020, the club announced that Šemberas left his position at FK Žalgiris.[7]
In March 2021, he was appointed as the president of the Vilnius Regional Football Association (VRFS).[8]
Until 2010, Šemberas was married to Agnė Armoškaitė-Šemberienė, with whom he had one son (born in 2002).[9][10] In 2018, he married Oksana Zlatkovaitė, with whom he has a daughter (born in 2019).[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dinamo Moscow | 1998 | Russian Premier League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 17 | 0 | |
1999 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | - | 24 | 0 | ||||
2000 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 28 | 1 | |||
2001 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 28 | 1 | |||
Total | 88 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | 96 | 2 | ||
CSKA Moscow[13] | 2002 | Russian Premier League | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 33 | 0 | |
2003 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
2004 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
2005 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
2006 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
2007 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
2008 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 33 | 0 | |||
2009 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 1 | ||
2010 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
2011–12 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
Total | 254 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 367 | 2 | ||
Alania Vladikavkaz | 2012–13 | Russian Premier League | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | — | 27 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | Russian National Football League | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | — | 20 | 0 | |||
Total | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 47 | 0 | ||||
Žalgiris Vilnius | 2014 | A Lyga | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 4 | |
2015 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 4 | |||
Total | 53 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 62 | 8 | |||
Career total | 441 | 10 | 47 | 1 | 83 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 572 | 12 |
Žalgiris Vilnius[13]
CSKA Moscow[13]
Lithuania
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