Aurelijus Skarbalius
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aurelijus Skarbalius | ||
| Date of birth | 12 May 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Fullback | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Brøndby IF U19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Žalgiris Vilnius | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1994 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 43 | (6) |
| 1994–1995 | Inkaras Kaunas | 27 | (4) |
| 1995–2005 | Brøndby | 194 | (2) |
| 2005 | → Herfølge (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Herfølge | 39 | (0) |
| Total | 311 | (12) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991–2005 | Lithuania | 65 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2009 | Herfølge | ||
| 2009–2011 | HB Køge | ||
| 2011–2013 | Brøndby | ||
| 2013 | Haslev FC | ||
| 2014–2015 | Viborg FF | ||
| 2015–2016 | Brøndby IF U19 | ||
| 2016 | Brøndby (caretaker) | ||
| 2016– | Brøndby IF U19 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Aurelijus "Auri" Skarbalius (born 12 May 1973) is a Lithuanian football manager and former professional footballer, who started his career as a winger, but played mostly as either left- or right-sided fullback. He is currently the manager of Brøndby IF U19.
Auri started his career in Lithuanian clubs FK Zalgiris Vilnius and FK Inkaras Kaunas, before he was bought by Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF for 150,000$ in 1995, after he and FK Inkaras Kaunas met Brøndby in the 1995 UEFA Cup. At Brøndby he immediately won silverware, as the club won three Danish championships in a row in the 1995–96, 1996–97, and 1997–98 seasons. Despite only playing 17 games over the three championship winning seasons, Auri earned himself a cult following in the stands during his early years at Brøndby, as he didn't succeed in scoring any goals for the club. Apart from this, he was well liked for his high work ethics and team spirit.
He was a part of Brøndby's first stint in the UEFA Champions League 1998-99 main tournament, with the job to mark David Beckham of Manchester United and Luís Figo of FC Barcelona. Skarbalius got his big breakthrough in the 2000–01 season, playing 28 of 33 games in the Superliga, and in the championship winning season of 2001–02 he scored his only two goals for Brøndby, one in the Superliga, and one in the UEFA Champions League qualification against Dinamo Tirana. Incidentally Skarbalius was voted Brøndby's Player of the year 2002 that season.
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