Karolis Laukžemis

Lithuanian footballer

Karolis Laukžemis
Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-03-11) 11 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Palanga, Lithuania
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Alessandria
Youth career
0000–2008	Atlantas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2014	Atlantas	62	(5)
2014	→ Palanga (loan)	11	(4)
2015	Klaipėdos Granitas	18	(7)
2015–2016	Sūduva	32	(3)
2016	→ Jelgava (loan)	15	(2)
2017–2018	Sūduva	42	(20)
2018–2020	Istra 1961	17	(2)
2020	→ Tabor Sežana (loan)	11	(2)
2020	Hibernians	6	(4)
2021	Kaisar	31	(9)
2022	UTA Arad	12	(0)
2022	Sūduva	12	(0)
2023	Banga	23	(5)
2023	Ayutthaya United	14	(5)
2024	Alessandria	6	(0)
International career^‡
2008	Lithuania U17	1	(0)
2010–2011	Lithuania U19	8	(2)
2012–2013	Lithuania U21	5	(0)
2018–	Lithuania	31	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2023

Karolis Laukžemis (born 11 March 1992) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Alessandria and Lithuania national team.

Career

Born in Palanga, Lithuania he has played club football for FK Atlantas, FK Klaipėdos Granitas, FK Sūduva Marijampolė and FK Jelgava.^[1] In 2017 he was one of the main figures to help FK Suduva Marijampole to win their first championship ever. He was awarded as best player of A lyga in that season. On 26 October 2020, Laukžemis moved to Maltese club Hibernians on a one-year deal.^[2]

On 2 September 2022 Sūduva announced about deal with Laukžemis till the end of the A Lyga 2023 season.^[3]

International career

Laukžemis made his international debut for the Lithuania in 2018.^[1]

International stats

Lithuania national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2018	6	1
2019	6	0
2020	7	1
2021	8	0
Total	27	2

International goals

Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.^[1]

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 June 2018	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	4	Latvia	1–1	1–1	2018 Baltic Cup
2	11 October 2020	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	15	Belarus	2–2	2–2	2020–21 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

Atlantas

A Lyga runner-up: 2013

Sūduva

Jelgava

Virslīga runner-up: 2016

Individual

A Lyga Player of the Year: 2017
A Lyga Player of the Month: March 2018^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Karolis Laukžemis". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
^ Lithuanian International forward joins Hibernians F.C., hiberniansfc.mt, 26 October 2020
^ "K.Laukžemis sugrįžo į "Sūduvą"".
^ "K. Laukžemis pripažintas geriausiu mėnesio A lygos žaidėju" (in Lithuanian). Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.