Andrius Velička

Andrius Velička (born 5 April 1979) is a Lithuanian retired professional association footballer who played as a striker for clubs in Russia, Kazakhstan, Scotland, England, Norway and Azerbaijan in addition to his homeland.

[citation needed] Velička joined Heart of Midlothian in the summer of 2006 in a loan deal and made his debut on 9 September 2006 in an SPL against St Mirren during a 1–0 defeat, coming on as a substitute for Neil McCann.

][citation needed] Rumours in the press linking Velička with a move to Norwegian club Viking FK proved true when it emerged that Hearts had accepted a bid of £1 million.

He played 18 games and scored six goals in Norway[5] On 14 June Viking accepted a bid believed to be around £1 million from Glasgow side Rangers for Velička.

He signed a three-year contract on 16 June and became a Rangers player on 14 July on their tour of Germany a day after he finished the Norwegian spring part season with Viking FK.

[8] Despite the goal and a start the following week against former club Hearts, Velička fell out of favour at Ibrox and did not make another first team appearance until an away league match at Falkirk in April 2009.

[9] He scored again the following week against Hibernian at Easter Road in a 3–2 win for the Gers,[citation needed] and bagged his third in three games with a fine finish against St Mirren in the Scottish Cup.

At the beginning of the 2013/2014 season Velička bought out the last six months of his contract at Lithuanian side FK Ekranas in order to return to Glasgow, Scotland.