Justas Lasickas
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Vilnius, Lithuania[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back, winger[1]
Team information
Current team
 Olimpija Ljubljana
Number 8
Youth career
2004–2013 Žalgiris Vilnius
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Žalgiris Vilnius 25 (1)
2013–2016 Žalgiris Vilnius-2
2017–2018 → Zemun (loan) 34 (3)
2018–2019 Jagiellonia Białystok 1 (0)
2019–2022 Voždovac 89 (6)
2022– Olimpija Ljubljana 39 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Lithuania U19 7 (0)
2016–2018 Lithuania U21 14 (1)
2018– Lithuania 41 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2023

Justas Lasickas (born 6 October 1997) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or a winger for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Olimpija Ljubljana and the Lithuanian national team.

Club career

Lasickas debuted with Žalgiris Vilnius in 2014. He had also played for Žalgiris Vilnius-2.[2]

In summer 2017 he was loaned out to newly-promoted Serbian SuperLiga side Zemun.[1][3] He debuted in the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga on 5 August 2017, in a game against Radnički Niš.[4] Lasickas scored his first SuperLiga goal in the seventh round, in a home game against Bačka on 26 August 2017.[5]

After playing with Jagiellonia Białystok in Poland for one season, he returned to Serbia in June 2019 and signed with Voždovac.[6]

In May 2022, Lasickas joined Slovenian PrvaLiga side Olimpija Ljubljana.[7] He made his league debut for Olimpija on 24 July 2022 against Tabor Sežana in a 1–0 away win.[8]

International career

Lasickas represented Lithuania at under-19 and under-21 levels.[9]

In March 2018, he received a call from the senior team for their friendly matches against Georgia and Armenia.[10] He debuted for Lithuania on 24 March in the match against Georgia.[11]

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lasickas goal.
List of international goals scored by Justas Lasickas
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 October 2021 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Bulgaria 1–0 3–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 15 November 2021 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Kuwait 1–1 1–1 Friendly

Honours

Žalgiris Vilnius

Olimpija Ljubljana

References

  1. ^ a b c d Justas Lasickas at Worldfootball
  2. ^ Justas Lasickas at lfe.lt
  3. ^ Justas Lasickas at superliga.rs
  4. ^ Zemun vs Radnički Niš match report at superliga.rs
  5. ^ "Izveštaj sa utakmice Zemun – OFK Bačka" [Match report Zemun – OFK Bačka] (in Serbian). Serbian SuperLiga. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Voždovac doveo reprezentativca Litvanije Lasickasa". zurnal.rs (in Serbian). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Potrjena je okrepitev za Olimpijo: Justas Lasickas se je že fotografiral z Mladenom Rudonjo" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Justas Lasickas » PrvaLiga 2022/2023". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d e Justas Lasickas at Soccerway
  10. ^ "LIETUVOS FUTBOLO RINKTINĖJE – TRYS NAUJOKAI" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 15 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  11. ^ Justas Lasickas at National-Football-Teams.com
  12. ^ Viškovič, Rok (6 May 2023). "Olimpija po drami v 130. minuti do dvojne krone, zanimiv niz Maribora je končan". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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