PLAYER PROFILE

Andrius Velicka

Position: Forward

Height: 6'2

Weight: 12st 12lbs

Date of Birth: 1979-04-05 Kaunas, Lithuania

Andrius Velicka

Andrius Velicka's career started at FBK Kaunas in 1996. He played over 150 games and scored nearly 90 goals for the club, but he was also loaned out during his time there, joining Anzhi Makhachkala and Irtysh Pavlodar for short periods.

His big break came when he joined Hearts on loan in 2006. His first season was a huge success and he stayed on for the 2007/08 campaign, again impressing, albeit as more of a super sub than first team regular.

In February 2008, he signed for Viking, but his time with the Norwegian side was short as just a few months later he returned to Scotland, joined Rangers for a fee understood to be in the region of £1million.