Audrius Kšanavičius

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| name = Audrius Kšanavičius

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| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|1|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lithuania

| height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = FBK Kaunas

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| youthyears1 =

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| years1 = 1994–2001

| years2 = 2001–2004

| years3 = 2004–2008

| years4 = 2005

| years5 = 2007–2008

| years6 = 2008–2009

| years7 = 2009–2009

| clubs1 = FBK Kaunas

| clubs2 = Skonto Riga

| clubs3 = FBK Kaunas

| clubs4 = → Atlantas (loan)

| clubs5 = → Hearts (loan)

| clubs6 = Hearts

| clubs7 = FBK Kaunas

| clubs8 = FK Kauno Žalgiris

| caps1 = 161

| caps2 = 36

| caps3 = 41

| caps4 = 8

| caps5 = 22

| caps6 = 9

| caps7 = ?

| goals1 = 45

| goals2 = 9

| goals3 = 2

| goals4 = 1

| goals5 = 1

| goals6 = 1

| goals7 = ?

| nationalyears1 = 1997–2008

| nationalteam1 = Lithuania

| nationalcaps1 = 19

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| club-update = 16 February 2011

| nationalteam-update = 16 February 2011

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Audrius Kšanavičius (born 28 January 1977) is a footballer who plays for FBK Kaunas as a midfielder.

Career

A left winger, Kšanavičius began his career with FBK Kaunas in 1994, making over 150 appearances before moving to Latvian champions Skonto Riga in 2001. After three seasons with Skonto he returned to FBK Kaunas. He spent the 2005 season on loan to Atlantas Klaipėda. He joined Scottish Premier League club Hearts on a six-month loan in July 2007 after featuring in the club's 3–1 friendly defeat by FC Barcelona.{{Cite news

| first = Barry

| last = Anderson

| title = Kaunas' Beni wins loan deal at Hearts

| url = http://sport.scotsman.com/spl/Kaunas-Beni-wins-loan-deal.3311855.jp

| newspaper = Edinburgh Evening News

| date = 2007-07-31

| accessdate = 2011-02-16}} He scored his first league goal for Hearts in a 4–2 win over Falkirk on 6 October.{{Cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/7029171.stm

|title=Hearts 4–2 Falkirk

|work=BBC Sport

|date=2007-10-06

|accessdate=2010-07-17}} On 11 March 2008, he signed a new contract that extended his loan at Hearts until June 2009,{{Cite news

| title = Ksanavicius prolongs Hearts loan

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/heart_of_midlothian/7290171.stm

| publisher = BBC Sport

| date = 2008-03-11

| accessdate = 2011-02-16}} before joining the club permanently in the summer.{{Cite news

| title = Ksanavicius ends Tynecastle stay

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/heart_of_midlothian/7818843.stm

| publisher = BBC Sport

| date = 2009-01-08

| accessdate = 2011-02-16}} On 3 August, Kšanavičius scored the only goal of a 1–0 pre-season friendly win for Hearts over Premier League new boys Hull, and then six days later he scored his second league goal for Hearts as they beat Motherwell 3–2.{{Cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/7548332.stm

|title=Hearts 3–2 Motherwell

|work=BBC Sport

|date=2008-08-09

|accessdate=2010-01-17}} On 8 January 2009, having found himself out of favour under Csaba László, Hearts announced that Kšanavičius had returned to FBK Kaunas after 18 months with the Tynecastle club.{{Cite news

|title=Audrius leaves Hearts

|url=http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/articles/20090108/audrius-leaves-hearts_2241384_1513294

|publisher=Heart of Midlothian F.C.

|date=2009-01-08

|accessdate=2011-02-16

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916225847/http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/articles/20090108/audrius-leaves-hearts_2241384_1513294

|archivedate=16 September 2012

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