Simas Skinderis (born 17 February 1981) is a retired Lithuanian professional footballer. He has played as goalkeeper in clubs in Lithuania, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

He ended his career in 2017 while playing for Nevėžis in the LFF I Lyga. Skinderis has since resided in Belarus since 2009 and is a coach for a private football academy.

Simas Skinderis

In a January 2021 interview with Russian news portal Tribuna, Skinderis expressed support for the regime of Alexander Lukashenko and made controversial statements about the protest movement of 2020-2021, saying that "Belarusians have a slightly kolkhoz-like mentality and you have to treat them more harshly" and that "order needs to be preserved and no gay-parades should be started etc". His remarks were criticized by sports journalist Alexander Ivulin.

Simas Skinderis

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1981 births

Living people

Lithuanian men's footballers

Men's association football goalkeepers

Sportspeople from Panevėžys

FK Ekranas players

FK Dainava Alytus players

FK Inkaras Kaunas players

FK Atlantas players

FK Šilutė players

FC Torpedo Minsk players

FC Naftan Novopolotsk players

FC Akzhayik players

FC Minsk players

FC Belshina Bobruisk players

FC Slavia Mozyr players

FC Gorodeya players

FK Nevėžis players

A Lyga players

Belarusian Premier League players

Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers

Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus

Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus

Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan

Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan

Simas Skinderis