Antanas Lingis

Antanas Lingis (26 December 1905 – 6 June 1941) was a Lithuanian footballer who played as a forward for LFLS Kaunas and the Lithuania national team.

Antanas Lingis

Personal information
Date of birth	(1905-12-26)26 December 1905
Place of birth	Kaunas County, Kaunas, Lithuania, Russian Empire
Date of death	6 June 1941(1941-06-06) (aged 35)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1923-1924	KSK Kaunas	?	(?)
1926	Kovas Kaunas	?	(?)
1928	LFLS Kaunas	3	(?)
1929	KSK Kaunas	1	(?)
1930-1933	LFLS Kaunas	18	(8)
1934-1938	MSK Kaunas	11	(4)
Total		33	(11)
International career
1928-1938	Lithuania	33	(12)
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Lithuania Baltic Cup Lithuania 1930 Estonia 1935 Latvia 1932 Estonia 1928 Latvia 1929 Estonia 1931
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International games

The first match he played for Lithuania was on 25 July 1928, a 3–0 loss against Latvia.^[1] His last cap was on 11 June 1938, a 2–0 loss against Estonia.^[1]

International Games

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Goals
1	25 July 1928	Tallinn, Estonia	Latvia	0:3	1928 Baltic Cup
2	26 July 1928	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	0:6	1930 Baltic Cup
3	1 September 1928	Kaunas, Lithuania	Latvia	1:1	Friendly
4	15 August 1929	Riga, Latvia	Estonia	2:5	1929 Baltic Cup
5	15 August 1930	Kaunas, Lithuania	Estonia	2:1	1930 Baltic Cup	1 (1)
6	17 August 1930	Kaunas, Lithuania	Latvia	3:3	1930 Baltic Cup	1 (2)
7	13 September 1930	Klajpeda, Lithuania	Estonia	4:0	Friendly	1 (3)
8	9 June 1931	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	1:4	Friendly
9	26 August 1931	Kaunas, Lithuania	Romania	2:4	Friendly
10	30 August 1931	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	0:2	1931 Baltic Cup
11	31 August 1931	Tallinn, Estonia	Latvia	0:1	1931 Baltic Cup
12	29 June 1932	Kaunas, Lithuania	Latvia	2:3	Friendly	1 (4)
13	24 July 1932	Liepaja, Latvia	Latvia	1:2	Friendly	1 (5)
14	6 August 1932	Kaunas, Lithuania	Estonia	1:0	Friendly
15	28 August 1932	Riga, Latvia	Latvia	1:4	Friendly
16	29 August 1932	Riga, Latvia	Estonia	2:1	1932 Baltic Cup	1 (6)
17	11 September 1932	Kaunas, Lithuania	Latvia	1:0	1932 Baltic Cup	1 (7) (Lithuania Record)
18	25 September 1932	Stockholm, Sweden	Sweden	1:8	1932 Baltic Cup
19	29 June 1933	Kaunas, Lithuania	Sweden	0:2	FIFA World Cup Qualification
20	20 July 1933	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	1:2	Friendly
21	9 August 1933	Helsinki, Finland	Finland	2:9	Friendly
22	4 September 1933	Kaunas, Lithuania	Latvia	2:2	1933 Baltic Cup	1 (8) (Lithuania Record)
23	29 June 1934	Kaunas, Lithuania	Estonia	1:1	Friendly
24	16 August 1934	Kaunas, Lithuania	Finland	1:0	Friendly
25	30 May 1935	Riga, Latvia	Latvia	1:6	Friendly
26	19 June 1935	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	2:2	Friendly
27	20 August 1935	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	2:1	1935 Baltic Cup	1 (9) (Lithuania Record)
28	21 August 1935	Tallinn, Estonia	Latvia	2:2	1935 Baltic Cup	1 (10) (Lithuania Record)
29	8 September 1935	Kaunas, Lithuania	Latvia	2:2	Friendly	1 (11) (Lithuania Record)
30	18 September 1935	Kaunas, Lithuania	Estonia	2:2	Friendly	1 (12) (Lithuania Record)
31	14 June 1936	Kaunas, Lithuania	Latvia	1:5	Friendly
32	29 July 1937	Riga, Latvia	Latvia	2:4	FIFA World Cup Qualification
33	11 June 1938	Kaunas, Lithuania	Estonia	0:2	Friendly

Honors

For Lithuania, he scored 12 goals in 33 appearances, which at the time was the record number of goals scored by an individual player for Lithuania which was set in 1932 and wasn’t beaten until 2007.^[2]

At club level, Lingis won the Lithuanian A Lyga four times between 1922-1932 with LFLS Kaunas.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "RSSSF: Antanas Lingis - International Goals". www.international-football.net. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
2. "Antanas Lingis, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

External links

• RSSSF: Antanas Lingis - International Goals
• All Lithuanian Team Games 1923–1930
• Antanas Lingis, international football player
• Antanas Lingis :: Statistics :: Titles :: History (Timeline)