Simonas Stankevičius
# Simonas Stankevičius

Simonas Stankevičius (born 3 October 1995) is a Lithuanian retired international footballer who played as a striker.

## Early and personal life

Stankevičius was raised in Panevėžys. His mother was a semi-professional tennis player and his grandfather was also a professional footballer.

## Club career

Stankevičius started his youth career in his hometown of Panevėžys before moving to the National Football Academy in Kaunas at the age of 14. He was scouted by English club Leicester City after playing under-16 youth international football for Lithuania.

He joined Nuneaton Town on a two-month loan on 21 November 2014.

On 28 August 2015, Stankevičius joined Oldham Athletic on a three-month loan deal.

On 12 January 2016, Stankevičius signed for Žalgiris. He moved on loan to Croatian club Šibenik in August 2016.

He was bought by Norwegian First Division club Mjøndalen on 18 February 2017. He finished his career later that season with Egersund.

## International career

He made his international debut for Lithuania in 2013.

## Retirement

Stankevičius announced his retirement from football in 2017 at the age of 22, citing his lack of love for playing football as the reason for his surprising retirement. He has since worked in programming and intended to gain a science degree.

## Career statistics

### Club statistics

    As of 17 January 2018

| Club | Season | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Leicester City | 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leicester City | 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leicester City | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuneaton Town (loan) | 2014–15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Oldham Athletic (loan) | 2015–16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Žalgiris | 2016 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Šibenik (loan) | 2016–17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mjøndalen | 2017 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | 36 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 1 |

### International statistics

    As of 16 January 2018

Lithuania :

| Year | Apps | Goals |
| - | - | - |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 |
