Ernestas Šetkus

Early career

Šetkus started his senior career with Žalgiris first team in 2005, before moved to Tauras in 2009. For the 2010 season he returned to Žalgiris and earned 16 appearances in the A Lyga. Šetkus played the first match of his second spell at Žalgiris on 21 March 2010, a 1–1 draw against Tauras and kept seven clean sheets.

Cyprus, Bulgaria and Belarus

In August 2010, Šetkus joined Cyprus side Olympiakos Nicosia. He made his debut on 2 October 2010 against Paphos. During the 2010–11 season he kept two clean sheets in 18 league games. He began the following season as backup to his Latvian rival Andrejs Pavlovs. Šetkus played his first match of the campaign on 21 November 2011, keeping a clean sheet in the 0–0 draw against Aris Limassol. Later in the season Šetkus returned to be the senior goalkeeper of the team. On 7 January Šetkus got MVP of the Game award in a game against AEK Larnaca which finished 1–1. In April 2012 he was linked with Hibernian and Hearts. During the summer of 2012, Šetkus signed a contract with newly promoted Parva liga club Botev Plovdiv. Šetkus made his official debut in the 3–0 home win over Slavia Sofia on 11 August 2012. On 31 January Šetkus was released from the club by Stanimir Stoilov. In March 2013 he was very close to sign a contract with Scottish side Kilmarnock. On 28 March he signed short-term contract with Vysheyshaya Liga team Gomel. Few days later he got hamstring injury. After an injury on 23 June he made his…

Šetkus was called up by Raimondas Žutautas to the full Lithuania national team squad for the friendly match against Poland. He made his debut on 25 March 2011 at the Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas. He came on at half time for Žydrūnas Karčemarskas with Lithuania 2–0 up. On 3 June 2011, Šetkus made his first Lithuania start in their 2–0 loss in Vaduz against Liechtenstein in a Euro 2012 qualifying game. On 7 June 2011, Šetkus played in a friendly game against Norway in Oslo. In 83rd minute he saved a penalty but Morten Gamst Pedersen scored on the rebound. The game finished 1–0 for Norway. On 29 May 2012, Šetkus kept a clean sheet in a friendly game against Russia in Nyon, Switzerland. Following the appointment of coach Edgaras Jankauskas to the Lithuania in June 2016, Šetkus became the team senior goalkeeper.

Hapoel Haifa

Israel State Cup: 2017–18 Israel Super Cup: 2018 Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Israel State Cup: 2019–20 Individual

Goalkeeper of the season in Israel: 2017–18 Lithuanian Footballer of the Year: 2019