Arvydas Novikovas (born 18 December 1990) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for A Lyga club FK TransINVEST.
[3] He made his first team debut for Hearts in the last game of the 2008–09 Scottish Premier League season, a goalless draw against Celtic, coming on as a substitute in the 51st minute for David Templeton.
[5] Still very young, Novikovas suffered a serious injury and upon his return, he was sent to play some games for Hearts reserve and feeder team Tynecastle FC.
Despite the first team lack of opportunities, he scored his first league goal for Hearts in the 5–0 win over Aberdeen at Tynecastle on 11 December 2010.
He scored his fourth goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 18 August 2012[10] and played both legs in the Europa League Qualification Round against Liverpool, which proved to be too strong for the Scottish side.
In March 2013, Novikovas was then included in the substitute bench for the final of the Scottish League Cup against St Mirren and would come on for Jamie Walker on the 64th minute, as Hearts lost 3–2.
In fourth league match for Aue he scored double, helping team to reach 2–1 victory over FC Energie Cottbus.
[20] On 9 September, Novikovas scored for Lithuania under-21s 1–1 against Macedonia under-21 in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 9 match.