Aurelijus Skarbalius
Aurelijus " Auri " Skarbalius ( born May 12, 1973 in Vilnius ) is a former Lithuanian footballer. Meanwhile, the defender who ran aground in 65 appearances for the Lithuanian national team between 1991 and 2005, worked as a coach. At times he was most-capped player in his home country before Andrius Skerla replaced him on June 4, 2008.
Career
Skarbalius began playing football in his home country at Banga Kaunas. In 1991 he moved to FK Zalgiris Vilnius. Through its operations in the A Lyga he made the leaders of the Lithuanian national attention and made his debut on 15 November 1991 as part of the Baltic Cup in a 4-1 win over Estonia in the National Jersey. In 1994 he moved to league rivals Inkaras Kaunas, with whom he won the 1995 national champion. He then took part with the club in the UEFA Cup 1995/96, where he struck the opponent positive in the two first-round defeats against Brøndby IF.
Skarbalius then moved to Brøndby IF in the Super League. At first he could not prevail at the club and got only irregularly stakes. Nevertheless, he contributed to the three league titles between 1996 and 1998 and ran in the Champions League match 1998/99 season for the club in the UEFA Champions League. In the new millennium, he made a breakthrough and established himself as a regular player. 2002 him the club supporters voted player of the year at Brøndby IF.
After the commitment of the Danish international's Asbjørn Sennels 2004 Skarbalius sat under coach Michael Laudrup mostly only on the bench. Therefore, the club decided it from 1 January 2005 for 18 months at Herfølge BK lend. After the descent of the club to the second division, the lending transaction was completed in the summer of 2005 and he returned to Brøndby IF. In September 2005, he played in the 0-1 defeat against Bosnia- Herzegovina with his 65th international game his last appearance in the national jersey and came from a record player for the country selection. In December 2005 he released his contract with Brøndby IF in order to finally join Herfølge BK. There he ran as playing assistant coach on in the second division.
In Herfølge BK Skarbalius took over in November 2006, the post of chief operating trainer. In 2009, he led the team to first place in the first division and thus to a rebirth in the Super League. In the summer, the club merged with Køge BK. When newly formed HB Køge he became a coach.
In June 2011, agreed Skarbalius and his former Brøndby IF game station again to cooperate, as from 1 January 2012, it should return to the club as an assistant coach Henrik Jensen. When he was sacked on 24 October, he performed the following day as head coach of his service to the club, where he was initially intended only as a head coach on an interim basis until the end of the year. After its use had successfully designed, extended the club with him and his coaching team, amongst others, the former Germany professional Bent Christensen Arensøe belonged as an assistant, in early December the contract by two years.