Romualdas Juška
Romualdas Zigmovich Juška (Russian: Ромуа́льдас Зи́гмович Ю́шка, tr. Romualdas Zigmovich Yushka; born 1 February 1942) is a retired Lithuanian football player and referee from the Soviet era.
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| Full name | Romualdas Zigmovich Juška | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 February 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kvėdarna, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1961 | FK Baltija Klaipėda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1965 | FK Žalgiris | 107 | (34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1967 | SKA Lviv | 46 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967 | CSKA Moscow | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | FC Metalist Kharkiv | 66 | (21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 | FK Žalgiris | 59 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1973 | FK Pažanga Vilnius | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Football career
From 1959 to 1973, Juška was an active footballer who played as a forward. In 1970, during his second stint at FK Žalgiris, he was named Lithuanian Footballer of the Year.
Refereeing career
In 1975, Juška passed the referee exam and began officiating in the Soviet Top League. In 1979, he was appointed as a FIFA referee representing the Football Federation of the Soviet Union.
In 1984, he was appointed as a referee for UEFA Euro 1984, where he officiated a group stage match between West Germany and Portugal.[1]
Juška stopped officiating internationally in 1985, before retiring from refereeing in 1995.
References
- "Portugal - Germany 0:0 (EURO 1984 France, Group 2)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 1 September 2017.