Last updated on .From the section HeartsMarius Zaliukas spent six years at Hearts and captained the club to the 2012 Scottish CupHearts have retired their number 26 shirt for the upcoming season in honour of former captain Marius Zaliukas. Hearts' home kit will bear the logo of charity MND Scotland on its front for the next two seasons. Chief executive Andrew McKinlay says retiring the number Zaliukas wore while captaining the club to 2012 Scottish Cup success is a "fitting honour". "Once we came back for the new season we spoke about it again and I was more than happy to give the number up. Jefferies played over 200 games for Hearts and had two spells as manager of Hearts, leading the club to Scottish Cup success in 1998.

Source: BBC July 02, 2021 14:03 UTC