Nerijus Barasa
Personal information
Date of birth	June 1, 1978 (1978-06-01) (age 31)
Place of birth	Mažeikiai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder Right back
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994 1995 1996 1997-1999 2000 2001-2002 2003 2003-2005 2005 2005-2007 2006-2007	Mažeikių Romar Atlantas Klaipėda Baltika Liepāja Kareda Šiauliai FBK Kaunas Krylia Sovetov Samara FC Lada Togliatti FC Alania Vladikavkaz Krylia Sovetov Samara FBK Kaunas → Hearts (loan)	06 (0) 01 (0) 03 (0) 50 (3) 23 (2) 15 (0) 13 (0) 44 (0) 04 (0) 00 (0) 14 (0)
National team2
2001-2006	Lithuania	26 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:48, 27 March 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 12:54, 8 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Nerijus Barasa (born June 1, 1978 in Mažeikiai) is a former Lithuanian professional footballer. He played as a right-back or defensive midfielder.

Barasa started his career with FBK Kaunas in 1994 before joining Atlantas Klaipėda the following season. After a year in Latvia with Baltika Liepāja, he returned to Lithuania with his family, then FBK Kaunascame in for him .

Kaunas beckoned for Barasa in 2001, where he spent the following 5 seasons; 4 in the Russian Premier League with FC Krylia Sovetov Samara and FC Alania Vladikavkaz and one in the Russian First Division with FC Lada Togliatti. During this period he was called up to the Lithuanian national team, earning his first cap in 2001.

At the end of the 2005 season, Barasa moved to Scotland, signing for FBK Kaunas then being immediately loaned to Heart of Midlothian. He joined the Tynecastle side on January 13, 2006 and spent a total of 16 months with the Edinburghclub appearing 5 times before moving back to Kaunas.

In October 2006 Barasa was at the centre of controversy when he and compatriot Saulius Mikoliūnas were booed by Hearts fans for perceived poor form in a game against Rangers. This prompted Hearts' Sporting Director Alex Kozlovski to suggest that the supporters had ulterior motives for booing them, expressly their nationality. ^[1] This claim was contested by fans representative groups and Kozlovski later apologised and retracted it. ^[2]

Barasa missed half of the 2006-07 season due to injury and left Hearts in the summer of 2007 before also rescinding his contract with Kaunas. After that he decided to hang up his boots to pursue business interests in Samara, Russia, where he lives with his wife. His last game was against Celtic in the Scottish championship on 14th of January 2007.

Contents 1 International goals 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 July 2001	Skonto Stadions, Riga, Latvia	Latvia	1-0	1-4	Baltic Cup
2	18 August 2004	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Russia	3-4	3-4	Friendly

[edit] Honours

National Team

• Baltic Cup
  • 2005

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Nerijus Barasa career stats at Soccerbase
• Hearts appearances at londonhearts.com

Persondata
NAME	Barasa, Nerijus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Lithuanian footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 1, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mažeikiai, Lithuania
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH