{{short description|Lithuanian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Simas Skinderis | fullname = | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|2|17}} | birth_place = Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR | height = {{height|m=1.83}} | currentclub = FK Nevėžis | clubnumber = | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1997–2000 | years2 = 2001 | years3 = 2002 | years4 = 2002–2003 | years5 = 2004 | years6 = 2004 | years7 = 2005–2006 | years8 = 2007 | years9 = 2009–2011 | years10 = 2012 | years11 = 2013 | years12 = 2014–2016 | years13 = 2017 | clubs1 = Ekranas | clubs2 = Dainava Alytus | clubs3 = Inkaras Kaunas | clubs4 = Atlantas | clubs5 = Šilutė | clubs6 = Torpedo-SKA Minsk | clubs7 = Naftan Navapolatsk | clubs8 = Akzhayik | clubs9 = Minsk | clubs10 = Belshina Babruysk | clubs11 = Slavia Mozyr | clubs12 = Haradzieja | clubs13 = Nevėžis | caps1 = 18 | caps2 = 16 | caps3 = 12 | caps4 = 29 | caps5 = 13 | caps6 = 11 | caps7 = 31 | caps8 = 14 | caps9 = 54 | caps10 = 17 | caps11 = 13 | caps12 = 29 | caps13 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | goals9 = 0 | goals10 = 0 | goals11 = 0 | goals12 = 0 | goals13 = 0 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = | pcupdate = 18 December 2016 | ntupdate = }}
'''Simas Skinderis''' (born 17 February 1981) is a retired Lithuanian professional footballer. He has played as goalkeeper in clubs in Lithuania, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
He ended his career in 2017 while playing for Nevėžis in the LFF I Lyga.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kėdainių FK "Nevėžis" ruošiasi artėjančiam sezonui|url=http://www.fknevezis.lt/site_base/content/view/2977/1/|publisher=FK Nevėžis|access-date=2 March 2017|language=Lithuanian|date=16 February 2017}}</ref> Skinderis has since resided in Belarus since 2009 and is a coach for a private football academy.
In a January 2021 interview with Russian news portal Tribuna, Skinderis expressed support for the regime of Alexander Lukashenko and made controversial statements about the protest movement of 2020-2021, saying that "Belarusians have a slightly ''kolkhoz''-like mentality and you have to treat them more harshly" and that "order needs to be preserved and no gay-parades should be started etc".<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 January 2021|title="С белорусским менталитетом, немного колхозным, людей нужно держать пожестче". Вратарь из Литвы учит жизни в Беларуси|trans-title="With the slightly kolkhoz-like Belarusian mentality you have to rule the people more harshly": Lithuanian goalkeeper offers life advice in Belarus|url=https://bytribuna.global.ssl.fastly.net/tribuna/blogs/kontorapishet/2877054.html#supertop|access-date=19 January 2021|website=bytribuna.global.ssl.fastly.net|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=18 January 2021|title=A.Lukašenkos režimą palaikantis S.Skinderis: "Kodėl gyvenu Baltarusijoje, o ne Lietuvoje? Nes čia geriau"|trans-title=S. Skinderis, supporter of A. Lukashenko's regime: "Why do I live in Belarus, not Lithuania? Since here it's better"|url=https://sportas.lt/naujiena/427125/a-lukasenkos-rezima-palaikantis-s-skinderis-kodel-gyvenu-baltarusijoje-o-ne-lietuvoje-nes-cia-geriau|access-date=19 January 2021|website=sportas.lt|language=lt}}</ref> His remarks were criticized by sports journalist Alexander Ivulin.<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 January 2021|title=Александр Ивулин: "Надеюсь, что Недосекову через пять лет будет стыдно"|trans-title=Alexander Ivulin: "I hope, that Nedosekov will be ashamed after five years"|url=https://bytribuna.global.ssl.fastly.net/others/1093109070-aleksandr-ivulin-nadeyus-chto-nedosekovu-cherez-pyat-let-budet-stydno.html|access-date=19 January 2021|website=bytribuna.global.ssl.fastly.net|language=ru}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Soccerway|simas-skinderis/80464}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Skinderis, Simas}} Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Lithuanian men's footballers Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Footballers from Panevėžys Category:FK Ekranas players Category:FK Dainava Alytus players Category:FK Inkaras Kaunas players Category:FK Atlantas players Category:FK Šilutė players Category:FC Torpedo Minsk players Category:FC Naftan Novopolotsk players Category:FC Akzhayik players Category:FC Minsk players Category:FC Belshina Bobruisk players Category:FC Slavia Mozyr players Category:FC Gorodeya players Category:FK Nevėžis players Category:A Lyga players Category:Belarusian Premier League players Category:Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Category:Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Category:Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
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