Robertas Fridrikas
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Robertas Fridrikas is a retired Lithuania
n football
forward, who last played for WAF Procar in Austria
during his professional career.
Fridrikas was nicknamed Garrincha, after the famous Brazilian winger, since his one leg was shorter than the other just like Garrincha
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, scoring two goals in 1992
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Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
forward, who last played for WAF Procar in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
during his professional career.
Fridrikas was nicknamed Garrincha, after the famous Brazilian winger, since his one leg was shorter than the other just like Garrincha
Garrincha
Manuel Francisco dos Santos , known by the nickname "Garrincha" , was an association football right winger and forward who helped the Brazil national team win the World Cups of 1958 and 1962. He played the majority of his professional career for Brazilian club Botafogo.The word garrincha itself...
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International career
He obtained a total number of ten caps for the Lithuania national football teamLithuania national football team
The national football team of Lithuania is under the auspices of the Lithuanian Football Federation. It played its first match in 1923. In 1940, Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union; the country regained its independence in 1990 and played their first match as a new nation against Georgia on...
, scoring two goals in 1992
1992 in Lithuanian football
The 1992 season was the first season of competitive football in Lithuania as an independent nation since regaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.-Final:-Senior team:-External links:***...
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