Valdas Dambrauskas

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Valdas Dambrauskas
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Dambrauskas managing Ludogorets Razgrad in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-01-07) 7 January 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth Pakruojis, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2007–2010 Kingsbury London Tigers
2009 Lithuania U17
2011–2012 Lithuania U19
2011–2013 Ekranas Panevėžys (assistant)
2014 Ekranas Panevėžys
2014–2017 Žalgiris Vilnius
2017–2020 RFS
2020–2021 Gorica
2021 Ludogorets Razgrad
2021–2022 Hajduk Split
2022–2023 OFI
2024 Omonia

Valdas Dambrauskas (born 7 January 1977) is a Lithuanian professional football manager. He was most recently the head coach of Cypriot First Division club Omonia.

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Managerial career

Early career

Dambrauskas has been participating in Lithuanian edition of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and with the prize, he financed himself a trip to England where he wanted to attend many coach courses.[ citation needed ] He studied Sport Science and Coaching in London Metropolitan University and worked as a coach in many famous youth academies, including Fulham, Manchester United and Brentford. His first senior managerial position was with Kingsbury London Tigers in Spartan South Midlands Football League Premier Division, where he managed team to the highest result in club history. [1] For his work, Dambrauskas was awarded in Active Westminster Awards. [2] He also was head coach of Lithuania national under-17 football team between 2009 and 2010. [3]

Ekranas

In December 2010, Dambrauskas joined Lithuanian champions Ekranas as an assistant coach to famous Lithuanian coach Valdas Urbonas. [4] Together they won domestic double in 2011 season, received Supercup and won A Lyga champions title in 2012 campaign, while also reaching domestic cup final, where they lost to Žalgiris after penalties, and also placed 3rd in 2013. After Urbonas resignation, he became head coach of the team and despite scarce resources managed to place sixth in 2014 season, even though this did not help the club, and it was forced to declared bankruptcy after the season had ended. He also managed Lithuania national under-19 football team between 2011 and 2012.

Žalgiris

On 17 December 2014, Dambrauskas became new head coach of Lithuanian champions Žalgiris. [5] Together with the team he managed to win every domestic title until 2017, including domestic quadruple in 2016 season. [6] [7] [8] Žalgiris' winning streak finally came to an end on 24 September 2017 when they lost the Lithuanian Football Cup Final to Stumbras. [9] After that defeat club's morale was broken and they not only haven't won a single game in the league, but also were overtaken by Sūduva after a dramatic 0–3 head-to-head defeat in Marijampolė. [10] [11] This was Žalgiris' first league defeat by 3 goals since 2010 season. [12]

Due to these defeats, Dambrauskas decided to resign on 23 October 2017. [13] [14]

RFS

Dambrauskas joined Latvian Higher League side RFS on 6 December 2017. [15]

Gorica

Dambrauskas joined Croatian First Football League side HNK Gorica on 25 February 2020. [16]

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 3 January 2021, Dambrauskas, together with club's sports director Mindaugas Nikoličius, left Gorica. [17] The same day Dambrauskas was appointed as the head coach of Bulgarian champions PFC Ludogorets Razgrad. [18] In early October 2021, Dambrauskas parted ways with the Razgrad team. [19]

Omonia

On 29 February 2024, Dambrauskas was appointed head coach of Cypriot First Division club Omonia Nicosia starting from the 2024–25 season. [20] He left the club by mutual consent on 29 November 2024, following a 0–3 UEFA Conference League defeat against Legia Warsaw. [21]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 28 November 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNat.FromToRecordRef.
PWDLWin %
Ekranas Flag of Lithuania.svg 26 April 201319 September 201460301119050.00
Žalgiris Flag of Lithuania.svg 17 December 201423 October 2017124921517074.19 [13]
RFS Flag of Latvia.svg 6 December 201724 February 20206942918060.87
Gorica Flag of Croatia.svg 25 February 20203 January 2021301686053.33
Ludogorets Razgrad Flag of Bulgaria.svg 3 January 20213 October 2021402668065.00
Hajduk Split Flag of Croatia.svg 2 November 202112 September 2022382387060.53 [22]
OFI Flag of Greece.svg 25 October 20229 December 202357321411056.14
Omonia Flag of Cyprus.svg 1 June 202429 September 2024211317061.90
Total4392747293062.41—

Honours

Managerial

Žalgiris

RFS

Ludogorets Razgrad

Hajduk Split

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Farewell to Valdas Dambrauskas". FC London Tigers. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Lietuvio trenerio darbas Anglijoje įvertintas apdovanojimu" (in Lithuanian). LFF. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Į Nacionalinę futbolo akademiją ir U-17 rinktinę priimtas naujas futbolo specialistas" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Valdas Dambrauskas – futbolo tėvynės patirtis Lietuvos čempionų Panevėžio "Ekrano" ekipai". 15min (in Lithuanian). 26 January 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Čempionai turi naują vedlį" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  6. ↑ ""Žalgiris-2016". The year of triumph". FK Žalgiris. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Januška, Vaidotas (18 January 2016). ""Žalgirio" treneris Valdas Dambrauskas svajoja užkariauti Europą". Lietuvos rytas (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  8. ↑ Kontrimas, Justas (7 November 2016). "Savaitės interviu: pokalbis su V.Dambrausku apie karjerą, futbolo filosofiją ir knygas". Ivartis.net (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  9. ↑ ""Stumbras" vienu smūgiu nutraukė "Žalgirio" dominavimą ir iškovojo LFF taurę". 15min (in Lithuanian). 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  10. ↑ ""Sūduva" matuojasi favoritų marškinėlius" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  11. ↑ ""Sūduva" sutriuškino "Žalgirį" ir kyla į pirmąją vietą" (in Lithuanian). A Lyga. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  12. ↑ Bagdonas, Marius (23 October 2017). "Į bedugnę smingančio "Žalgirio" va bank: ar trenerio atleidimas gali išgelbėti sezoną?". 15min (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Prieš lemiamas kovas "Žalgiris" ryžosi permainoms" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  14. ↑ Butautas, Ingvaras (24 October 2017). "V. Dambrauskas: "Išėjau iš "Žalgirio" pats"". Sportas.info (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "Esam panākuši vienošanos ar jauno RFS galveno treneri - Valdas Dambrauskas !". Facebook. FK RFS. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  16. ↑ "Poznat je novi trener hita HNL-a". Sportske Novosti. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  17. ↑ "Mindaugas Nikoličius i Valdas Dambrauskas odlaze iz HNK Gorice" [Mindaugas Nikoličius and Valdas Dambrauskas leave HNK Gorica]. hnk-gorica.hr (in Croatian). 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  18. ↑ "Литовец е новият треньор на Лудогорец" [A Lithuanian is the new coach of Ludogorets] (in Bulgarian). 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  19. ↑ Kichukov, Simeon (5 October 2021). "Валдас Дамбраускас - поредният войник, който не успя да стане генерал в "Лудогорец"" [Valdas Dambrauskas - another soldier who was not able to become a general at Ludogorets] (in Bulgarian). dnevnik.bg. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  20. ↑ OmonoiaFC (29 February 2024). "Προπονητής της ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑΣ ο κ. Valdas Dambrauskas!". Omonoia FC (in Greek). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  21. ↑ Galiński, Tomasz (29 November 2024). "Pracował niecałe pół roku. Został zwolniony po meczu z Legią". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  22. ↑ "Valdas Dambrauskas No Longer Coach of Hajduk Split". Total Croatia News. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  23. ↑ ""Žalgirio" duetas – geriausias trečiame rate". Alyga.lt (in Lithuanian). 25 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  24. ↑ Piečytė, Meda (30 April 2017). "Apdovanoti I rato geriausieji" (in Lithuanian). A Lyga. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  25. ↑ "Metų žaidėju išrinktas F. Černychas" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Football Federation. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
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