Darius Simkus

Goalkeeper - Trakai
18 Jan 2027
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Marked for Darius Simkus

5 Edition

The Trakai Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market31 Aug 2026

Donatas Simkus puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Trakai, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Trakai

Darius Simkus was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Paulius Paulauskas falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Trakai Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match19 Aug 2026

The cup run ends for Trakai

0‑1 against Suduva, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Market24 Aug 2026

Tadas Barauskas asks to leave Trakai

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Darius Simkus

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Andrius Jankauskas did the work nobody counts — 6.63

21 combined actions and 6.63. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Darius Simkus in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Trakai this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at Trakai training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Paulius Paulauskas is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad24 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Marber Suárez

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Lukas Klimavicius

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market24 Aug 2026

Linas Dubickas is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Trakai has been clear about where Linas Dubickas stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

2 Edition

The Trakai Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Orenburg come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Trakai did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Paulius Paulauskas stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Paulius Paulauskas and Trakai agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Trakai

Darius Simkus was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Paulius Paulauskas falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Karolis Klimavicius gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market10 Aug 2026

No place for Donatas Simkus in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Donatas Simkus has his answer from Trakai; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief