SV Sandhausen have made a new addition to their defense. It is a former player of KFC Uerdingen.

Edvinas Girdvainis played with KFC Uerdingen in the 3rd division for a year and a half from the start of 2020. Now the captain of the Lithuanian national team is returning to this division: he will play for SV Sandhausen in the future, the club announced on Thursday afternoon.

After his time in Krefeld, Girdvainis played for Kauno Zalgiris in his home country. At the start of the new year, he will provide SVS coach Jens Keller with another option in the center of defense.

“Edi has a lot of experience as captain of the national team and knows German soccer from his time in Uerdingen. That’s why I’m sure he can help us directly,” explained sporting director Matthias Imhof in a club statement. “As we are very thin in central defense, we are expanding our options in the squad for the coming year.”

Girdvainis was a regular at KFC – when he was fit. Several injuries slowed him down, otherwise he was usually in the starting eleven. The international played 33 third division games for the Uerdingen side. He left the Grotenburg when the club was relegated to the Regionalliga West in the summer of 2021