Romualdas Juška

Romualdas Zigmovich Juška (Russian: Ромуа́льдас Зи́гмович Ю́шка, romanized: Romualdas Zigmovich Yushka; born 1 February 1942) is a retired Lithuanian football player and referee from the Soviet era.

Romualdas Juška

Personal information
Full name	Romualdas Zigmovich Juška
Date of birth	(1941-12-26) 26 December 1941
Place of birth	Kvėdarna, Lithuania
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1961	FK Baltija Klaipėda
1962–1965	FK Žalgiris	107	(34)
1966–1967	SKA Lviv	46	(5)
1967	CSKA Moscow	8	(0)
1968–1969	FC Metalist Kharkiv	66	(21)
1970–1971	FK Žalgiris	59	(11)
1971–1973	FK Pažanga Vilnius
Refereeing career Domestic Years League Role 1975–1995 Soviet Top League Referee International Years League Role 1979–1985 FIFA listed Referee
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

From 1959 to 1973, Juška was an active footballer who played as a forward. In 1970, during his second stint at FK Žalgiris, he was named Lithuanian Footballer of the Year.

Refereeing career

In 1975, Juška passed the referee exam and began officiating in the Soviet Top League. In 1979, he was appointed as a FIFA referee representing the Football Federation of the Soviet Union.

In 1984, he was appointed as a referee for UEFA Euro 1984, where he officiated a group stage match between West Germany and Portugal.

Juška stopped officiating internationally in 1985, before retiring from refereeing in 1995.

External links

• Romualdas Juška at WorldFootball.net
• Referee profile at worldfootball.net