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When V. Dambrauskas signed the contract with Lodogorec, V. Ivanauskas was one of the first to congratulate his compatriot.
“I know Valdas well and I am glad that his work in Riga and Croatia was appreciated.” 15 minutes said V. Ivanauskas. – I am glad that Lithuanians are needed abroad, it is an advantage for all of us, it is important that the coaches do not close, but open new doors. I hope that more Lithuanians are needed in the future. I’m very happy with Valdas, maybe I’m not happy with the league, because I don’t know if the Bulgarian championship is higher than Croatia’s, but because of the team’s ability, because of the challenge that Valdas will face. “
With increasing results, V. Dambrauskas deserved challenges in the “mad forest” (in Bulgarian lud – mad, gora – forest).
After elevating the modest Gorica side to the heights of the Croatian league, former Vilnius coach Žalgiris now enters a club that plays in zone seven zero.
Ludogorec’s budget has never been made public, but the club, run by billionaire pharmacist Kirill Domuschev, is estimated to operate between $ 10 and $ 15 million. annual budget.
The fact that the club emerged only a decade ago (only in the first Bulgarian league in 2011) and began to dominate Bulgaria with a large investment (Ludogorec won the last 9 national championships and now leads the way to the 10th title) does not add. much love for the Razgrad club.
But the club has already discovered its golden formula.
Although only 40 thousand live in Razgrade. The club is already well established at the Sofia Stadium, where Ludogorec played international matches.
Like Shakhtar from Donetsk in Ukraine, the Bulgarian superclub stands above the Brazilian legionnaires, who often come for less.
Irmanto Gelūno / 15min night / Razgrad “Ludogorets” 2017 Vilnius.
Ludogorec has already sold Brazilian Caicara to Shalke 04 in Gelsenkirchen for $ 6 million. and Jonathan Cafu to Bordeaux, France, for $ 7 million. euros.
The club’s portfolio is complemented by awards for lengthy performances in Europe, where Razgrad’s “eagles” have twice reached the group competitions of the Champions League (2014-2015 and 2016-2017) and the eighth final of the European League. (2014).
This season in the Europa League group stage match was disappointing: 6 matches lost in the group match, but the failures open the door to new coaches, and this time V. Dambrauskas had his chances, which the Bulgarians remembered in 2017 when his coach “Vilnius Žalgiris” scared the Ludogorec national team champion during a rainy afternoon in Vilnius (2: 1 in Vilnius, 1: 4 in Sofia).
Luke April / 15min photo / Razgrad Ludogorec team training
Annotated 15 minutes Ludogorec previously flirted with Stanimir Stoilov, one of Bulgaria’s best-known coaches, made famous by Sofia’s Levski when the first Bulgarian club stormed the Champions League in 2006.
Ludogorec is said to have offered S. Stoilov 1 million. 1.5 million euros. euros for him and the entire coaching staff, plus bonuses (2,500 euros for each point in the Bulgarian championship, 500 thousand for entry to the group tournament of the Champions League), but the agreement was not fulfilled.
V. Dambrauskas cannot compare such a situation, so the reaction to his arrival in Bulgaria is calmer.
“In the first place, although he is a champion, Ludogorec does not have a lot of fans. Second, Mr. Valdas Dambrauskas is not known in Bulgaria “, 15 minutes explained Vladimir Ivanov, critic of the newspaper Trud.
Therefore, the Lithuanian reward will be significantly more modest.
According to the Croatian media, the salary of V. Dambrauskas will jump more than double the contract in the Gorica club and will reach 200 thousand in Bulgaria. by year.
However, the innovative coach who started his career in England coaching for boys is now the highest-earning Lithuanian football coach.
Among all Lithuanian sports coaches, only Šarūnas Jasikevičius (Barcelona) and Rimas Kurtinaitis (Chimki) are ahead of V. Dambrauskas in contract size, and Kazys Maksvytis is considered similarly in the Perm Basketball Club.
Throughout history, there have been few specialists in Lithuanian football who have worked in clubs of similar ability to V. Dambrauskas.
15 minutes reminds the following soccer professionals:
Benjaminas Zelkevičius
According to the level of soccer players, B.Zelkevičius was at the helm of the strongest Lithuanian-coached team of all time.
It is the Žalgiris from Vilnius who coached, who took third place in the USSR championship more than three decades ago and started fighting in Europe in the (now demolished) stadium packed with several thousand spectators. Asses like Arminas Narbekovas, Valdas Ivanauskas, Viačeslavas Sukristovas, Arvydas Janonis, Vaclovas Jurkus, Sigitas Jakubauskas and others played in the team of B.Zelkevičius.
Photo by Alfredas Pliadis / 1995 Benjaminas Zelkevičius, Tautvydas Meškonis
The salaries were then Soviet, and the most important bonus was the apartment, for which the most distinguished coaches and footballers received their bills.
B. Zelkevičius has also coached several Russian clubs, notably Rotor Volgograd. In that decade, the Volgograd club twice became Russia’s runners-up and, under Lithuania’s leadership, played in the UEFA Cup. Rotor then went bankrupt and fell into the amateur league, returning to Russia’s top league last year after a 16-year hiatus.
Aurelijus Skarbalius
The former football player of the Lithuanian national team has twice coached one of Denmark’s most famous football clubs “Brondby”, where he played for ten years (1995-2005) and contributed to five of the ten club titles in the Danish championship.
Photo by E.Žaldaris / Photo by Ellvis Žaldaris – Aurelijus Skarbalius.
Although both stages at the head of the Brondby in 2011-2013 and 2016 were unsuccessful, although he did not become a prophet in his yard with Vilnius “Žalgiris” and “Knights”, A. Skarbalius is valued in Denmark, where he currently runs the second division club “Koge”.
Valdas Ivanauskas
One of the best Lithuanian footballers of all time got the job of coach as soon as he started working. He won the Scottish Championship Cup and Silver in 2006 with the Edinburgh Hearts.
“Then the prices of the players and the club’s contracts with televisions were not that high, but it was the biggest challenge for me after the first jobs in the Kaunas club and in the Lithuanian national team, where I was assistant to Algimantas Liubinskas,” he recalled V. Ivanauskas. “We reached the Champions League playoffs for the first time, we beat Glasgow Rangers for the first time and we won the cup for the first time.”
Eriko Ovčarenko / 15min nuotr./Valdas Ivanauskas
Soon the retirements of Vladimir Romanov from the Scottish club V. Ivanauskas worked in Germany, Azerbaijan, Sakartvele, Russia’s second league, was elected the best coach of the championship in Cyprus.
“And my last club, the Zaglebie de Sosnowiec, it was good, there were good relations with the team leaders. Few know about it, but recently I received an offer to return there, only that certain conditions did not apply. But I was interested in working in the highest Polish league, albeit with the lowest budget in the championship. If it had not been for the judges, we would have survived in the highest category, unfortunately we did not – said V. Ivanauskas. “Now I am open to suggestions again”.
They also trained teams abroad
Donatas Vencevičius has worked in Poland for several seasons, Algimantas Liubšys and Tomas Ražanauskas in Latvia, Raimondas Žutautas in Israel, Algimantas Liubinskas in Kazakhstan and Saulius Širmelis, who coached teams in various countries, came to Eskija “Sūduva” in Marijampolė. .
Reuters / Scanpix Photo / Gintaras Staučė works as a goalkeeping coach for the Russian soccer team.
Gintaras Staučė has been working at the highest level in football for the past four years. He has been the goalkeeping coach of the Russian soccer team since 2016, assisting Stanislav Cherchesov and during the last world championship.
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