12 Facts About Valdas Ivanauskas

Valdas Ivanauskas was born on 31 July 1966 and is a Lithuanian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker.

Valdas Ivanauskas is best known in Europe for his time at Austria Vienna as well as Hamburger SV where he acted between 1993 and 1997.

Valdas Ivanauskas spent the 1985 season in the Second Division with CSKA Moscow, but then he returned to Zalgiris.

Valdas Ivanauskas was a hero in his homeland and was voted Lithuanian footballer of the year in 1990,1991,1993 and 1994.

Valdas Ivanauskas played 28 international matches and scored eight goals for the national team, and played 5 matches for the Soviet Union between 1988 and 1990.

However, when in March 2006 Rix was sacked, Valdas Ivanauskas was promoted to the position of interim head first team coach until the end of the season.

On 20 March 2007, Valdas Ivanauskas left his position of head coach by mutual consent.

Valdas Ivanauskas was replaced by Anatoly Korobochka and Stephen Frail who had served as sporting director and reserve coach respectively, during Ivanauskas' reign.

In September 2007, Valdas Ivanauskas became manager of FC Carl Zeiss Jena of Germany's 2.

Valdas Ivanauskas's stay at FC Carl Zeiss Jena was cut short when he was fired on 22 December 2007 due to lack of results.

In July 2008, Valdas Ivanauskas made a return to football and agreed to coach FK Banga Gargzdai in the Lithuanian second division and led the team to its first bronze medal finish in 14 years.

In November 2008, Valdas Ivanauskas became the interim coach of Lithuania's under-18 football team, and after leading the team to a surprise draw in a friendly against Germany, in February 2009 was appointed as head coach of Under-21 national football team and on 16 July 2009 signed a contract with Standard Sumgayit.