Irmantas Stumbrys

Lithuanian footballer

Irmantas Stumbrys
Personal information
Date of birth	(1972-05-30)30 May 1972
Place of birth	Tauragė, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death	15 November 2000(2000-11-15) (aged 28)
Place of death	Panevėžys, Lithuania
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1994	Ekranas Panevėžys	76	(20)
1995–1997	Kareda-Sakalas Šiauliai	51	(9)
1997	Zenit St. Petersburg	15	(1)
1998	→ Ekranas Panevėžys (loan)	22	(4)
1999	Zenit St. Petersburg II	5	(0)
1999–2000	Torpedo-ZIL	52	(7)
Total		221	(41)
International career
1995–1999	Lithuania	37	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Irmantas Stumbrys (30 May 1972 – 16 November 2000) was a Lithuanian football player who played as a midfielder. He has played for a number of first division Lithuanian teams and for some Russian sides including Zenit.

Club career

He started his career at Ekranas Panevėžys and played for Kareda-Sakalas Šiauliai before moving abroad to join Russian giants Zenit St. Petersburg in 1997. He had just won promotion to the Russian Premier League with Torpedo-ZIL before his death.

International career

Stumbrys made his debut for Lithuania in a November 1991 Baltic Cup match against Latvia and earned a total of 37 caps, scoring 2 goals. His final international was an October 1999 European Championship qualifying match against Scotland.^[1]

Death

He died in November 2000 after getting shot in his head in Panevėžys, Lithuania. His body was found in his car.^[2] His death was considered suicide^[3] after police investigations.^[4]

He was survived by his wife and his son.^[5]

Honours

Baltic Cup
- 1992, 1998

References

^ Intl career stats – EUFootball
^ Blackburn-born Modena player in coma after post-match punch^{[dead link]} – Independent
^ Gangland murders in 'Twin Peaks' draw government's attention – Baltic Times
^ Futbolininko našlė atsitvėrė tylos siena – DELFI (in Lithuanian)
^ Lithuanian star found dead – BBC