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Marius Žaliūkas

1983 - 2020

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Marius Žaliūkas (10 November 1983 – 31 October 2020) was a Lithuanian professional footballer who played primarily as a centre back, but also played as a defensive midfielder. Žaliūkas played in his homeland for Inkaras, FBK Kaunas and Šilutė before joining Hearts of the Scottish Premier League in 2006, initially on loan. He spent seven years there, playing 193 games and scoring 13 goals, and captaining the team to win the Scottish Cup in 2012. He then had spells in the English Football League Championship with Leeds United and the Scottish Championship with Rangers, before retiring back to Lithuania with Žalgiris in 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Marius Žaliūkas is the 17,244th most popular soccer player (down from 14,899th in 2024), the 333rd most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 311th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Lithuanian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Marius Žaliūkas ranks 17,244 out of 21,273. Before him are Tinja-Riikka Korpela, Joan Oriol, Nikolai Alho, Mitsuru Chiyotanda, Carlitos, and Ismaël Diomandé. After him are Mark Kinsella, Kris Boyd, Lolo, Luís Maximiano, Saša Zdjelar, and Yousef Nasser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Marius Žaliūkas ranks 1,382. Before him are Richard Mateelong, Vasily Koshechkin, Britta Johansson Norgren, Volodymyr Dyudya, Jaime Castrillón, and Aziza Siddiqui. After him are Kris Boyd, Atif Aslam, Nobutaka Suzuki, Ross Edgar, Thomas Mogensen, and Jun Tanaka. Among people deceased in 2020, Marius Žaliūkas ranks 908. Before him are Yahya Hassan, John Andretti, Lynn Shelton, Robert Archibald, Floyd Cardoz, and Joe Diffie. After him are Krisztián Veréb, Lara van Ruijven, Arianne Caoili, Helin Bölek, Execution of Navid Afkari, and Nick Cordero.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Marius Žaliūkas ranks 333 out of 328. Before him are Gediminas Paulauskas (1982), Marius Grigonis (1994), Edgaras Ulanovas (1992), Diana Rasimovičiūtė (1984), Milda Valčiukaitė (1994), and Marijonas Petravičius (1979). After him are Vytautas Černiauskas (1989), Inga Jankauskaitė (1981), Lukas Spalvis (1994), Martynas Gecevičius (1988), Aleksandr Kazakevič (1986), and Edvinas Ramanauskas (1985).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Lithuania

Among soccer players born in Lithuania, Marius Žaliūkas ranks 18. Before him are Giedrius Arlauskis (1987), Arvydas Novikovas (1990), Ernestas Šetkus (1985), Deividas Česnauskis (1981), Darvydas Šernas (1984), and Gediminas Paulauskas (1982). After him are Vytautas Černiauskas (1989), Lukas Spalvis (1994), Edgaras Česnauskis (1984), Vaidas Slavickas (1986), Vykintas Slivka (1995), and Edvinas Girdvainis (1993).

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