# Simas Skinderis
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{{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](/source/Panev%C4%97%C5%BEys), [Lithuanian SSR](/source/Lithuanian_SSR)
| height = {{height|m=1.83}}
| currentclub = [FK Nevėžis](/source/FK_Nev%C4%97%C5%BEis)
| clubnumber =
| position = [Goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football))
| 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](/source/FK_Ekranas)
| clubs2 = [Dainava Alytus](/source/DFK_Dainava_Alytus)
| clubs3 = [Inkaras Kaunas](/source/FK_Inkaras_Kaunas)
| clubs4 = [Atlantas](/source/FK_Atlantas)
| clubs5 = [Šilutė](/source/FK_%C5%A0ilut%C4%97)
| clubs6 = [Torpedo-SKA Minsk](/source/FC_Torpedo_Minsk)
| clubs7 = [Naftan Navapolatsk](/source/FC_Naftan_Novopolotsk)
| clubs8 = [Akzhayik](/source/FC_Akzhayik)
| clubs9 = [Minsk](/source/FC_Minsk)
| clubs10 = [Belshina Babruysk](/source/FC_Belshina_Bobruisk)
| clubs11 = [Slavia Mozyr](/source/FC_Slavia_Mozyr)
| clubs12 = [Haradzieja](/source/FC_Gorodeya)
| clubs13 = [Nevėžis](/source/FK_Nev%C4%97%C5%BEis)
| 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 =
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| pcupdate = 18 December 2016
| ntupdate =
}}
'''Simas Skinderis''' (born 17 February 1981) is a retired [Lithuania](/source/Lithuania)n professional [football](/source/Association_football)er. He has played as goalkeeper in clubs in Lithuania, [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan) and [Belarus](/source/Belarus).
He ended his career in 2017 while playing for [Nevėžis](/source/FK_Nev%C4%97%C5%BEis) in the [LFF I Lyga](/source/LFF_I_Lyga).[{{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}}] 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](/source/Tribuna.com), Skinderis expressed support for the regime of [Alexander Lukashenko](/source/Alexander_Lukashenko) and made controversial statements about the [protest movement of 2020-2021](/source/2020%E2%80%932021_Belarusian_protests), saying that "[Belarusians](/source/Belarusians) have a slightly ''[kolkhoz](/source/kolkhoz)''-like mentality and you have to treat them more harshly" and that "order needs to be preserved and no [gay-parades](/source/Pride_parade) should be started etc".[{{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}}][{{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}}] His remarks were criticized by sports journalist Alexander Ivulin.[{{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}}]
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Soccerway|simas-skinderis/80464}}
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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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