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 47)
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 is currently the manager of Cypriot First Division club Omonia.

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Managerial career

Early career

Valdas Dambrauskas 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, Valdas 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 Valdas 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]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 29 August 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 [21]
OFI Flag of Greece.svg 25 October 20229 December 202357321411056.14
Omonia Flag of Cyprus.svg 1 June 2024Present7601085.71
Total4252677187062.82—

Honours

Managerial

Žalgiris

RFS

Ludogorets Razgrad

Hajduk Split

Individual

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