Simas Skinderis

Simas Skinderis
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-02-17) 17 February 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 FK Nevėžis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Ekranas 18 (0)
2001 Dainava Alytus 16 (0)
2002 Inkaras Kaunas 12 (0)
2002–2003 Atlantas 29 (0)
2004 Šilutė 13 (0)
2004 Torpedo-SKA Minsk 11 (0)
2005–2006 Naftan Navapolatsk 31 (0)
2007 Akzhayik 14 (0)
2009–2011 Minsk 54 (0)
2012 Belshina Babruysk 17 (0)
2013 Slavia Mozyr 13 (0)
2014–2016 Haradzieja 29 (0)
2017 Nevėžis 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2016

Simas Skinderis (born 17 February 1981) is a retired Lithuanian professional footballer. He has played as goalkeeper in clubs in Lithuania, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

He ended his career in 2017 while playing for Nevėžis in the LFF I Lyga.[1] Skinderis has since resided in Belarus since 2009 and is a coach for a private football academy.

In a January 2021 interview with Russian news portal Tribuna, Skinderis expressed support for the regime of Alexander Lukashenko and made controversial statements about the protest movement of 2020-2021, saying that "Belarusians have a slightly kolkhoz-like mentality and you have to treat them more harshly" and that "order needs to be preserved and no gay-parades should be started etc".[2][3] His remarks were criticized by sports journalist Alexander Ivulin.[4]

  1. ^ "Kėdainių FK "Nevėžis" ruošiasi artėjančiam sezonui" (in Lithuanian). FK Nevėžis. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  2. ^ ""С белорусским менталитетом, немного колхозным, людей нужно держать пожестче". Вратарь из Литвы учит жизни в Беларуси" ["With the slightly kolkhoz-like Belarusian mentality you have to rule the people more harshly": Lithuanian goalkeeper offers life advice in Belarus]. bytribuna.global.ssl.fastly.net (in Russian). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. ^ "A.Lukašenkos režimą palaikantis S.Skinderis: "Kodėl gyvenu Baltarusijoje, o ne Lietuvoje? Nes čia geriau"" [S. Skinderis, supporter of A. Lukashenko's regime: "Why do I live in Belarus, not Lithuania? Since here it's better"]. sportas.lt (in Lithuanian). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Александр Ивулин: "Надеюсь, что Недосекову через пять лет будет стыдно"" [Alexander Ivulin: "I hope, that Nedosekov will be ashamed after five years"]. bytribuna.global.ssl.fastly.net (in Russian). 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.