Tautvydas Eliošius

Tautvydas Eliošius (born 3 November 1991) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the A Lyga side FK Panevėžys.

Tautvydas Eliošius
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-11-03) 3 November 1991
Place of birth Ukmergė, Lithuania
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FK Panevėžys
Number 18
Youth career
2005–2009 Šiauliai
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Šiauliai 91 (1)
2009–2011 → Šiauliai 2 18 (7)
2014–2015 Kruoja 51 (5)
2015–2016 Žalgiris 8 (0)
2016 → Žalgiris B 3 (0)
2016 → Lietava (loan) 12 (0)
2017–2018 Jonava 58 (0)
2019— FK Panevėžys 47 (3)
National team‡
2009–2010 Lithuania-19 7 (0)
2011 Lithuania-21 1 (0)
2014– Lithuania 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 April 2017

Eliošius made his international debut in November 2014 when he came as substitute in Euro 2016 qualification match against Switzerland.

Career

Tautvydas started his career at FK Šiauliai where he trained together with his older brother Tadas Eliošius. In 2009 he finally broke into the first team and quickly became one of team leaders. Before 2014 season he joined other A Lyga side Kruoja. Midfielder led his team to silver medals, was elected into A Lyga Team of the Year, and awarded with A Lyga Goal of the Year.[1][2]

After Kruoja collapsed in 2015, Eliošius joined Lithuanian champions Žalgiris,[3] but he didn't became first team player and was loaned out to Lietava on 15 July 2016.[4] After the season Žalgiris terminated his contract by mutual agreement and Eliošius returned to Jonava as a free agent.[5]

International career

Tautvydas Eliošius first call-up to the senior Lithuania squad came in 2014 for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying against Switzerland.[6]

References
  1. "„Kruojoje" spindintis T. Eliošius: „Persikelti į Pakruojį buvo geriausias karjeros sprendimas"". Futbolo TV (in Lithuanian). 21 August 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  2. "Išdalinti 2014 metų futbolo sezono apdovanojimai". Kauno diena (in Lithuanian). 4 December 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  3. "New FK Žalgiris member – Tautvydas Eliošius". FK Žalgiris. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. "T. Eliošius nuomojamas „Lietavai"" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  5. "T.Eliošius persikėlė į kitą Lietuvos ekipą" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  6. UEFA Euro 2016 - Switzerland-Lithuania – UEFA.com
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