Former Dundalk And Waterford Player Karolis Chvedukas (32) Dies Suddenly
Channel: Biographies And History
Date: 2023-06-19

Lithuania’s football association have paid tribute to ex-international and former Dundalk player Karolis Chvedukas who has died suddenly at the age of 32.
The midfielder, who was capped at senior level 20 times between 2014 and 2019, played club football in his native Lithuania, Poland, Finland and Malta and also had a spell in the League of Ireland.

He was brought to Dundalk by Stephen Kenny in 2018 where he made seven league appearances in their double-winning season, though he was not in the FAI Cup final matchday squad due to injury.

Dundalk let him leave Oriel Park after an injury-scarred spell and he had a two-year stint with Waterford FC.

"He's such a good lad and we felt we were probably holding him back in terms of his own career so we felt it was probably best that he went and played,” Kenny’s successor at Dundalk, Vinny Perth, said after the Lithuanian departed the club.

Having won his most recent international cap in 2019, he was playing first team football in Lithuania, for Marijampole City only last month but his death was confirmed today.On Monday morning, the Lithuanian football community received tragic news - the Lithuanian football player, former member of the national team, Karolis Chvedukas unexpectedly died. The Lithuanian Football Federation, on behalf of the entire community, expresses its deepest condolences to the relatives and friends of the deceased in this difficult hour,” the Lithuanian FA said today.

News of his death comes just weeks after the passing, at the age of 38, of former Latvian international Gints Freimanis who had a spell with St Patrick’s Athletic.