Tomas Rukas

Lithuanian-Russian footballer

Tomas Rukas
Personal information
Full name	Tomas Gintarasovich Rukas
Date of birth	(1996-09-04) 4 September 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth	Andrušaičiai, Lithuania
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	SKA-Khabarovsk
Number	96
Youth career
0000–2011	Avtovo Saint Petersburg
2011–2012	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit
2012–2013	Avtovo Saint Petersburg
2014–2015	Lokomotiv Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Sibir-2 Novosibirsk	11	(0)
2015–2017	União de Leiria	26	(0)
2015–2016	→ Getafe B (loan)	9	(0)
2016	→ Sporting CP B (loan)	8	(0)
2017–2020	Zenit-2 St. Petersburg	54	(0)
2020	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	17	(0)
2021–2022	Rostov	0	(0)
2021–2022	→ Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (loan)	10	(0)
2022–	SKA-Khabarovsk	35	(1)
International career
2012	Lithuania U17	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2023

Tomas Gintarasovich Rukas (Russian: Томас Гинтарасович Рукас; born 4 September 1996) is a Russian football player who plays for SKA-Khabarovsk.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk on 5 September 2013 in a game against FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.^[1]

On 20 July 2017, he signed a 4-year contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.^[2] He made his Russian Football National League debut for FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg on 26 July 2017 in a game against FC Sibir Novosibirsk.

On 29 January 2021, he signed with Russian Premier League club FC Rostov.^[3] On 19 August 2021, he returned to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk on loan with an option to buy.^[4]

He is a twin brother of Andrius Rukas.

^ Tomas Rukas at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)
^ Томас Рукас присоединился к «Зениту». FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 20 July 2017.
^ "Томас Рукас – игрок "Ростова"" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 29 January 2021.
^ "ТОМАС РУКАС УХОДИТ В АРЕНДУ" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 19 August 2021.