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title: "Zenkevičius and Baltrūnas will continue to play for their hometown team"
date: 2025-01-02T14:45:00Z
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author: "Janis Vitols"
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# Zenkevičius and Baltrūnas will continue to play for their hometown team
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Žygimantas Baltrūnas. Photo credit to FK Sūduva

**[FK Sūduva Marijampole](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=2522 "FK Sūduva Marijampolė") announced that they have retained their starting goalkeeper, Giedrius Zenkevičius, and key defender Žygimantas Baltrūnas. Both have signed a contract until the end of the 2025 season.**

**Giedrius Zenkevičius**, a Marijampole native, joined Sūduva in 2023 and has been the undisputed number-one goalkeeper for the former **[A Lyga](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=1120 "A Lyga")** champions for the last two seasons. Last season, the 27-year-old made 37 appearances across all competitions, achieving 13 clean sheets.

_“We spoke with the team’s new head coach, Donatas Vencevčius, about what he expects from his goalkeepers.”_ Zenkevičius expressed to Sūduva after signing the contract, _‘As a team, we need to show our fighting spirit and move forward next season.’”_

**Žygimantas Baltrūnas**, also from Marijampole, joined Sūduva in 2022 after spending four years with various Italian clubs. Like Zenkevičius, the 22-year-old Baltrūnas has been a starting player for Sūduva over the past two seasons. During the last season, the former Lithuanian U-21 National team player made 28 appearances in the **A Lyga** and provided one assist.

Baltrūnas spoke to the Sūduva media department, stating, _“When I received an offer from my hometown club, I didn’t want to consider anything else. We quickly agreed on the terms and signed the contract.”_ The defender continued_, “Next season, as a team, we strive to achieve a higher placement than last year. I aim to contribute more to Sūduva’s success in the opponent’s half of the field. We want to make our fans happy because they deserve better results.”_

FK Sūduva Marijampole will gather on January 8th for the first training to prepare for the new A Lyga season.

**Source:** [https://www.instagram.com/p/DEUxkdpMnSW/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link](https://www.instagram.com/p/DEUxkdpMnSW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)