Benjaminas Zelkevičius

Benjaminas Zelkevičius

Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-02-06)6 February 1944
Place of birth	Kaunas, Reichskommissariat Ostland
Date of death	12 January 2026(2026-01-12) (aged 81)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Banga Kaunas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1962	Banga Kaunas	18	(2)
1963–1967	Žalgiris Vilnius	150	(23)
1968	Shakhtar Donetsk	19	(3)
1969–1973	Žalgiris Vilnius	181	(27)
1973–1975	Pažanga Vilnius
Managerial career
1973–1977	Šviesa (assistant)
1977–1983	Žalgiris Vilnius
1983–1985	ShVSM Vilnius
1985–1991	Žalgiris Vilnius
1990–1991	Lithuania
1992	Austria Wien (assistant)
1992–1996	Žalgiris Vilnius
1995–1997	Lithuania
1997	KAMAZ-Chally
1997–1998	Metallurg Lipetsk
1998	Rotor Volgograd (assistant)
1999	Shinnik Yaroslavl
2000	Baltika Kaliningrad (consultant)
2001–2003	Lithuania
2002–2003	Baltika Kaliningrad
2004–2007	Liepājas Metalurgs
2009	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
2009–2010	FM Ateitis (youth)
2019–?	FM Ateitis (technical director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benjaminas Zelkevičius (6 February 1944 – 12 January 2026) was a Lithuanian footballer and manager. He was the manager of the Lithuania national team from 1990 to 1991, 1995 to 1997, and 2001 to 2002. He played as a striker. He made 331 appearances and scoring 50 goals for Žalgiris Vilnius.

He coached Žalgiris Vilnius and Russian club Baltika Kaliningrad. During his playing career, he played for Shakhtar Donetsk in the Soviet Top League and for Žalgiris Vilnius in the Soviet First League.

Zelkevičius died on 12 January 2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania at the age of 81.