How £725 game-show winnings kick-started Champions League coach's career
Lithuanian coach Valdas Dambrauskas cut his teeth in English football, and now returns in the Champions League with Sabah.
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"This is beyond my imagination."
— Valdas Dambrauskas , Other
"Everybody now takes only this part, you know, about the money."
— Valdas Dambrauskas , Other
"That was the best thing that could happen in my life."
— Valdas Dambrauskas , Other
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Lithuanian coach Valdas Dambrauskas cut his teeth in English football, and now returns in the Champions League with Sabah.
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