Valdas Trakys


Valdas Trakys was a Lithuanian footballer, currently FK Minija's head coach.

Playing career

Trakys started his professional career in 1995 with FK Panerys Vilnius in his native Lithuania. He played for FC Harelbeke and FBK Kaunas before moving to Russia to play for Torpedo Moscow. After a year with FC Khimki, Trakys left Russia to play for FH Hafnarfjörður in Iceland. Trakys then moved to Germany, playing for Greuther Fürth.
Since 2004, Trakys has played in Russia, Lithuania, Azerbaijan and Greece. He was top scorer in the Lithuanian A Lyga in the 2009 season. In January 2010, he signed a six-month contract with Greek Beta Ethniki side Panserraikos. Trakys left Panserraikos after they breached his contract.
Trakys then had a trial spell with Scottish Premier League club Hibernian, and signed on 14 September. He made his first starting appearance for Hibs in a 3–0 win against Rangers at Ibrox on 10 November 2010, but was informed by manager Colin Calderwood in April 2011 that his contract would not be renewed.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12 February 2000Larnaca, Cyprus1–12–1Friendly match
24 July 2001Riga, Latvia4–25–22001 Baltic Cup

Coaching career

From 2014 was head coach of FK Palanga. In 2017 season with FK Palanga won Lithuanian First League and team was promoted to 2018 A Lyga.
In January 2019 he became head coach of Minija.
In February 2019 became Lithuanian U-19 head coach.