Linas Pilibaitis (born 5 April 1985) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer.
Club career Pilibaitis was born in Kretinga. He joined Kaunas aged 17 in 2002, gradually working his way into the first team as he developed in the following years. This process was aided by a loan spell at Klaipėda side FK Atlantas in 2004, where he scored his first senior goal. Having played a prominent role in Kaunas's 2006 A Lyga victory, he was loaned to Hearts in January 2007.Hearts bring in three new players, BBC Sport, 31 January 2007 He made his debut for the Jambos in a 2–0 victory at Motherwell on 5 March 2007 but returned to Kaunas in August of that year, having made only five appearances for the Hearts first team.
Pilibaitis scored the winning goal for Kaunas which knocked out Rangers of the second qualifying tie of the UEFA Champions League on 6 August 2008. He joined than in January 2009 to Győri ETO FC.
In July 2012 he started a trial with Israeli club Maccabi Haifa.
On 26 February 2017, it was announced that Pilibaitis would return to A Lyga contenders Atlantas.
International career Usually played as an attacking midfielder or support striker, Pilibaitis earned his first international cap for Lithuania in 2006.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsKaunas2002A Lyga30000030200300000000200440000040200515400001542006313000031320082440000244Total771100007711Atlantas (loan)2004A Lyga82000082Heart of Midlothian (loan)2006–07Scottish Premiership60000060Győr2008–09National Championship6040651652009–1027151003222010–1125331813652011–1227250003222012–131413000171Total99720214613315Mezőkövesd2013–14National Championship1117000181FK Žalgiris2013–14A Lyga3317642041212014–152916422035182015–1625854103112Total874115105010751Career total28862421219634980
Honours Kaunas A Lyga: 2002, 2004, 2006 Lithuanian Cup: 2002, 2004, 2005
Győr Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2012–13
FK Žalgiris A Lyga: 2014, 2015, 2016 Lithuanian Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016 Lithuanian Supercup: 2016
TransINVEST Lithuanian Cup: 2023
References
External links
Appearances at londonhearts.com