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As a sign of remembrance and respect, the relatives asked Maria to accompany her with white flowers.
The former athlete of eternal rest lay in the Romainiai 1 cemetery in Kaunas.
The 36-year-old soccer player died on October 31, after losing a fight against motor neuron disease.
Sensitive tribute in Scotland
The death of Marius Žaliūkas shocked not only the Lithuanian, but also the Scottish football community.
M.Žaliūkas played for Scottish Edingurbo’s Hearts team from 2006 to 2013 and left a clear mark here.
In 2012, the Lithuanian became the captain of this team and helped win the Scottish Cup.
The defeated team honored the memory of the former footballer. On Monday, the club shared the most memorable moments of M.Žaliūkas’ career with this team on social media.
“Mariau, it will remain in our hearts forever,” the soccer club wrote after the video.
M. Žaliūkas will not forget the Hearts fans either. They not only wore flower crowns in the club’s stadium, but also left the Lithuanian tricolor on the protective fence with the inscription: “A true angel and legend went to heaven.”
M.Žaliūkas started his career at the “Inkaras” club in Kaunas, then played for the “Hearts” clubs in Edinburgh, “Rangers” in Glasgow and “Leeds United”. He finished his career in 2016 in Vilnius “Žalgiris”.
People.lt He recalls that a former soccer player with his wife, the book blogger Nora Žaliūkas, had a first-born son named Marius in March this year.
The couple married in August 2018 on Kaunas St. In the chapel of the Church of St. George the Martyr.
On November 10, the footballer would turn 37.
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