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Arvydas Novikovas 
Novikovas playing for HeartsPersonal information Full name Arvydas Novikovas Date of birth 18 December 1990 Place of birth Vilnius, Lithuania Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Playing position Winger Club information Current club Heart of Midlothian Number 18 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2007 Interas-AE Visaginas 12 (0) 2008 FK Vilnius 18 (0) 2008– Heart of Midlothian 27 (2) 2011 → St Johnstone (loan) 6 (0) National team‡ 2006–2010 Lithuania U21 12 (1) 2010– Lithuania 6 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 July 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2011Arvydas Novikovas (born 18 December 1990) is a Lithuanian football winger who plays for Scottish Premier League club Hearts.
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Club career
Hearts
Before signing for Hearts, he impressed while on trial with SL Benfica but opted to remain in Lithuania at the time. He made his first team debut for Hearts in the last game of the 2008–09 Scottish Premier League season, a goalless draw against Celtic, coming on as a substitute in the 51st minute for David Templeton.[1] He scored his first league goal for Hearts in the 5–0 win over Aberdeen at Tynecastle on 11 December 2010. On 13 August 2011, he struck his second goal for Hearts, again against Aberdeen, after starting the game up front alongside John Sutton, who scored the other two goals in a 3-0 victory for Hearts.
St Johnstone (loan)
On the last day of the January 2011 transfer window, he went on loan to St. Johnstone until the end of the 2010–11 season. Novikovas made his debut for St Johnstone in their 2–0 victory over Hamilton on 1 February. In total he made six appearances for the Perth side.
International career
Novikovas represented the Lithuania under-21's when he was just a 16 year-old.[2]
In May 2009, he was called-up to the Lithuania squad, for their FIFA World Cup qualifier with Romania.[2] On 9 September, Novikovas scored for Lithuania under-21's 1–1 against Macedona under-21 in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 9 match.[3]
On 25 May 2010, he gained his first cap against Ukraine in Kharkiv.
References
- ^ Clive Lindsay (2009-05-24). "Celtic 0–0 Hearts". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8062743.stm. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ a b Barry Anderson (2009-05-28). "Hearts youngster Novikovas to be fast-tracked to full Lithuania squad". Edinburgh Evening News. http://sport.scotsman.com/heartofmidlothianfc/Hearts-youngster-Novikovas-to-be.5310525.jp. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ "Macedonians held by Lithuania". UEFA. 2009-09-09. http://www.uefa.com/UNDER21/matches/season=2011/round=2000006/match=2000220/index.html. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
External links
- Player profile at heartsfc.co.uk
- Arvydas Novikovas career stats at Soccerbase
Heart of Midlothian F.C. – current squad 1 Balogh · 2 Hamill · 3 Grainger · 4 Jónsson · 5 Barr · 6 Webster · 7 Suso · 8 Black · 9 Kyle · 10 Elliott · 11 Driver · 12 Templeton · 13 Obua · 15 Sutton · 16 Stevenson · 17 McGowan · 18 Novikovas · 19 Skácel · 21 Taouil · 22 Smith · 23 Glen · 25 Kello · 26 Žaliūkas · 27 Robinson · 30 MacDonald · 31 Mrowiec · 34 Stewart · 49 McHattie · 51 Holt · 52 Smith · C. Thomson · Manager: Sérgio
Categories:- 1990 births
- Living people
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Lithuanian expatriate footballers
- Lithuanian footballers
- Lithuanian people of Russian descent
- FC Vilnius players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Scottish Premier League players
- St. Johnstone F.C. players
- Interas-AE Visaginas players
- Association football wingers
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