{{short description|Lithuanian footballer (1991–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Karolis Chvedukas | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1991|4|21}}<ref name="weltf">{{cite web | url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe215285/karolis-chvedukas/|website=Worldfootball.net |title=Karolis Chvedukas |access-date=10 June 2014}}</ref> | birth_place = Marijampolė, Lithuania | death_place = Marijampolė, Lithuania | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2023|6|19|1991|4|21}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Dėl K. Chveduko mirties – prokuratūros pranešimas: pasirodžiusi informacija neatitinka realybės |url=https://www.lrytas.lt/sportas/futbolas/2023/07/07/news/del-k-chveduko-mirties-prokuraturos-pranesimas-pasirodziusi-informacija-neatitinka-realybes-27613635 |access-date=18 July 2023 |work=Lietuvos rytas |date=7 July 2023 |language=lt}}</ref> | height = 1.74 m | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Sūduva | years1 = 2008–2016 | clubs1 = Sūduva | caps1 = 163 | goals1 = 23 | years2 = 2016–2017 | clubs2 = RNK Split | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2017 | clubs3 = Chojniczanka Chojnice | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2017 | clubs4 = Sūduva | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2018 | clubs5 = Dundalk | caps5 = 7 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2019 | clubs6 = Waterford | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2020 | clubs7 = Oratory Youths | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 2021 | clubs8 = KPV Kokkola | caps8 = 7 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2023 | clubs9 = Marijampolė City | caps9 = 13 | goals9 = 2 | nationalyears1 = 2012–2019 | nationalteam1 = Lithuania | nationalcaps1 = 20 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
'''Karolis Chvedukas''' (21 April 1991 – 19 June 2023) was a Lithuanian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
==Club career== Chvedukas moved to Polish I liga side Chojniczanka Chojnice in February 2017.<ref>[http://www.90minut.pl/news/275/news2751363-Karolis-Chvedukas-pilkarzem-Chojniczanki.html Karolis Chvedukas piłkarzem Chojniczanki]‚ 90minut.pl, 21 February 2017</ref>
Chvedukas returned to Sūduva on 12 July 2017 after a one-year spell abroad.<ref>{{cite web|title=Karolis Chvedukas: "Smagu grįžti į "Sūduvą"|url=http://fksuduva.lt/karolis-chvedukas-smagu-grizti-i-suduva/|publisher=FK Sūduva|access-date=18 July 2017|language=Lithuanian|date=12 July 2017}}</ref>
Chvedukas signed for League of Ireland side Dundalk on 8 January 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chvedukas Signs For Lilywhites|url=http://www.dundalkfc.com/chvedukas-signs-lilywhites/|publisher=Dundalk FC|access-date=5 March 2018|language=English|date=8 January 2018}}</ref> Chvedukas scored his first goal for Dundalk in an 8–0 defeat of Limerick on 1 March 2018.
On 8 February 2019, Dundalk announced that Chvedukas had left the club by mutual consent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chvedukas Leaves DFC|url=https://www.dundalkfc.com/chvedukas-leaves-dfc/|publisher=Dundalk FC|access-date=8 February 2019|language=English|date=8 February 2019}}</ref> Shortly afterwards, Waterford announced his signing on their official website.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chvedukas Signs|url= https://www.waterfordfc.ie/chvedukas-signs-waterford-fc-sign-karolis-chvedukas/|publisher=Waterford FC|access-date=8 February 2019|language=English|date=8 February 2019}}</ref>
On 28 August 2020, Chvedukas signed for Oratory Youths F.C. playing in the 1st Division League of the Gozo Football Association on the island of Gozo, Malta.
==International career== Chvedukas made his first international appearance for the Lithuania national team in a friendly in and against Armenia on 5 March 2014, playing 72 minutes from the start.<ref name="eu-foot">{{cite web | url=http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=3835|publisher=eu-football.info |title=Armenia football team defeated Lithuania 4:2, 14 November 2012 |access-date=10 June 2014}}</ref>
==Death== Chvedukas died on 19 June 2023, at the age of 32, due to murder followed by cardiomyopathy. <ref>[https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/sportas/10/2016414/netiketai-mire-buves-lietuvos-rinktines-futbolininkas-karolis-chvedukas Netikėtai mirė buvęs Lietuvos rinktinės futbolininkas Karolis Chvedukas] {{in lang|lt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Prokuratūra: futbolininko Chveduko mirtis nesusijusi su smurtu |url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/sportas/10/2029164/prokuratura-futbolininko-chveduko-mirtis-nesusijusi-su-smurtu |website=lrt.lt |access-date=21 April 2024 |language=lt |date=7 July 2023}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Sūduva'''<ref name="f538">{{cite news | title=Paaiškėjo 32-ejų futbolininko Chveduko mirties priežastis | work=Delfi | date=21 June 2023 | url=https://www.delfi.lt/sportas/futbolas/paaiskejo-32-eju-futbolininko-chveduko-mirties-priezastis-93727403 | language=lt | access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> * A Lyga: 2017 * Lithuanian Cup: 2009 * Lithuanian Supercup: 2009
'''Dundalk'''<ref name="f538" /> * League of Ireland Premier Division: 2018 * FAI Cup: 2018
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{NFT player|54101|name=Karolis Chvedukas}} * {{Soccerway|karolis-chvedukas/123059}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chvedukas, Karolis}} Category:1991 births Category:2023 deaths Category:Sportspeople from Marijampolė Category:Lithuanian men's footballers Category:21st-century Lithuanian sportsmen Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Lithuania men's international footballers Category:A Lyga players Category:Croatian Football League players Category:I liga players Category:League of Ireland players Category:Ykkönen players Category:FK Sūduva players Category:RNK Split players Category:Chojniczanka Chojnice players Category:Dundalk F.C. players Category:Waterford F.C. players Category:Kokkolan Palloveikot players Category:Marijampolė City players Category:Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Category:Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Category:Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Category:Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Ireland Category:Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland Category:Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Category:Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
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