Rytis Leliūga

Rytis Leliūga

Personal information
Full name	Rytis Leliūga
Date of birth	(1987-01-04) 4 January 1987
Place of birth	Mažeikiai, Lithuanian SSR, USSR (now Republic of Lithuania)
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	FK Jelgava
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2006	Exeter City
2006	Bryne FK
2007–2009	Herfølge Boldklub	1
2009–2010	HB Køge	13	(0)
2011	FK Šiauliai	5	(1)
2012	Gjøvik FF
2012	Liepājas Metalurgs	20	(6)
2012–2014	FK Žalgiris Vilnius	41	(12)
2014–2015	JK Sillamäe Kalev	3	(0)
2015–2016	HamKam
2017–	FK Jelgava	0	(0)
International career‡
2003	Lithuania U-17	3	(1)
2004–2005	Lithuania U-19	3	(1)
2006–2009	Lithuania U-21	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 March 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 August 2010

Rytis Leliūga (born 4 January 1987) is a Lithuanian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder (association football) for FK Jelgava.

Leliūga is from Lithuania, whose national team he has represented at Under-18 level. He signed professional terms with Exeter at the beginning of the 2005/06 season and is a midfielder. He was released by Exeter City and signed for Norwegian club Bryne.

After being released by Exeter he had a trial (1. week of July 2006) at Norwegian 1. div club Bryne FK and signed a contract until the end of the season. However in January 2007 he was persuaded to switch to Danish side Herfølge BK by fellow Lithuanian Aurelijus Skarbalius, who is the manager of the club. He left the club in 2010.

In April 2012 he signed for the Norwegian club Gjøvik FF, where he played till July. In July 2012 Leliūga joined the Latvian Higher League club Liepājas Metalurgs. In August 2012 Leliūga was named the best Latvian Higher League player of the month. All in all he participated in 25 matches, scoring 8 goals for Metalurgs, 20 and 8 of those, respectively, were achieved in the Latvian Higher League. On December 21, 2012 Leliūga moved to the Lithuanian A Lyga side Žalgiris Vilnius.