Vigindas Petkevičius

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Vigindas Petkevičius
Player information
Nickname "Viga"
birthday November 30, 1970
place of birth Kaunas , Lithuanian SSRLithuania Soviet Socialist RepublicLithuanian SSR 
citizenship GermanGerman German
height 1.88 m
Playing position Back center
Throwing hand right
Clubs in the youth
from ... to society
1973-1989 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Granitas Kaunas
Clubs as active
from ... to society
1989-12 / 1991 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Granitas Kaunas
12 / 1991-1999 GermanyGermany SC Magdeburg
1 / 1993-1993 GermanyGermany→ FSV 1895 Magdeburg (loan)
1999-2002 GermanyGermany SG Solingen
2002-2003 GermanyGermany HSG Düsseldorf
2003-2005 GermanyGermany SG Werra Valley 92
2005-2007 GermanyGermany LiT Handball Nordhemmern / Mindenerwald
2007–8 / 2007 GermanyGermany HCE Bad Oeynhausen
8/2007–2/2008 GermanyGermany HSG Katlenburg / Wachenhausen
National team
Debut on November 2, 1994
against CroatiaCroatia Croatia (for ) in KreuztalGermanyGermany
  Games (goals)
Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union (Juniors) Lithuania Germany
Lithuania 1989Lithuania 
GermanyGermany  		between 20 and 35 (?)
between 16 and 30 (?)
63 (126)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to society
2005-2007 GermanyGermany LiT Handball Nordhemmern / Mindenerwald (player trainer)
2007–2 / 2008 GermanyGermany HSG Katlenburg / Wachenhausen (player coach)
2008–11/2010 SwitzerlandSwitzerland KTV Visp

As of August 11, 2018

Vigindas Petkevičius (also known under the name Vygindas Petkevičius ; born November 30, 1970 in Kaunas , Lithuanian SSSR ) is a former German handball player and coach and today's referee from Lithuania .

Career

The middle back player started playing handball in his hometown at Granitas Kaunas in 1973 and became Lithuanian champion in 1990. After a tournament in the Netherlands , Petkevičius left his team while traveling through Berlin and joined the Bundesliga club SC Magdeburg . In the second half of the 1992/93 season he was loaned to second division FSV 1895 Magdeburg . With the SC Magdeburg he was 1996 DHB Cup winner . In 1999 he switched to second division SG Solingen , with whom he was able to celebrate promotion to the Bundesliga in the first year. At the end of the 2001/02 season he was relegated with the club and moved to HSG Düsseldorf for one season , with which he missed his second promotion to the Bundesliga. A year later, however, he achieved another rise with the SG Werratal 92 as regional league champion. Despite the sporting relegation in the following season, the club had to relegate again due to a license withdrawal and dissolved completely. Thereupon Petkevičius was hired as a player- coach by the upper division LiT Handball Nordhemmern / Mindenerwald . Immediately the promotion to the regional league was made and achieved a third place in the 2006/07 season . Then he joined first league relegated HCE Bad Oeynhausen, but left the club a few days before the start of the season to accept an offer as a player-coach for the HSG Katlenburg / Wachenhausen club. However, the team was withdrawn from the game in February 2008 and Petkevičius coached the Swiss club KTV Visp from 2008 to November 2010 . Since then he has not coached a team, but became a handball referee .

Depending on the source, he completed between 20 and 35 junior internationals for the Soviet Union and between 16 and 30 internationals for the Lithuanian national team . After his naturalization on September 3, 1993, Petkevičius played 63 games for the German national team from 1994 to 1996 , scoring 126 goals. He participated in the 1995 World Cup and the 1996 European Championship . He missed the 1996 Olympics due to a thumb injury.

successes

  • Lithuanian champion (1): 1990
  • DHB Cup Winner (1): 1996
  • Promotion to the Bundesliga (1): 2000
  • Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga (1): 2004
  • Promotion to the regional league (1): 2006

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c o. V .: TW Thiel the oldest - Zerbe the longest. The individual portraits of the German EM drivers / Klaus-Dieter Petersen in 1988/89 at GWD Minden . In: Mindener Tageblatt , No. 120, May 24, 1996, p. 25.
  2. ^ A b o. V .: Lithuanians to SC Magdeburg . In: Mindener Tageblatt , No. 281, December 5, 1991, p. 29.
  3. ↑ schwaebische.de: HSG Düsseldorf sign national player Petkevicius . August 6, 2002, as of August 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ Krüger, Jürgen: Petkevicius leaves Lit. In the coming season, the veteran will play at HCE Oeynhausen . In: Mindener Tageblatt , No. 91, April 19, 2007, p. 29.
  5. ↑ rro.ch: Visp: KTV Visp separates from trainer Petkevicius Vygindas . November 18, 2010, as of August 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ hbcmuensingen.ch: Referee of the HBCM . August 24, 2017, as of August 11, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Petkevičius, Vigindas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petkevičius, Vygindas; Viga (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German handball player, trainer and referee
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaunas , Lithuanian SSSR