Dambrauskas says helium had known since the property of 12 helium would not marque it arsenic a player, but coaching would support him adjacent to football.
He arrived successful London successful August 2002 aged 25 connected a pupil visa with constricted English.
What followed would beryllium 8 years of hard enactment wherever helium would manager for assemblage projects, astatine a semi-professional club, wrong nonrecreational younker programmes - and clasp down aggregate jobs portion raising 2 children.
In 2004 helium enrolled connected a people successful sports subject and coaching astatine London Metropolitan University, the archetypal existent measurement successful his career.
Then helium started retired coaching by volunteering with the Access to Sports Project for deprived children successful Finsbury Park.
He went connected to enactment with London Tigers, a charitable assemblage organisation which runs teams from inferior level close done to semi-professional.
Starting retired arsenic a volunteer, crossed 5 years helium progressed to negociate the archetypal squad successful non-league shot successful the Spartan South Midlands League, FA Cup and FA Vase.
Dambrauskas became the archetypal Lithuanian to execute a Uefa coaching licence done the London Football Association.
"I went connected each imaginable course, each imaginable conference, London Football Coaches Association meetings," Dambrauskas said.
"Everywhere I could spell conscionable to summation immoderate information, immoderate knowledge, immoderate other diploma, other course.
"That was precise important for maine and I took my chances."
He got his archetypal interruption astatine a nonrecreational nine erstwhile Manchester United Soccer Schools took a accidental connected him successful 2004.
Dambrauskas spent 5 years coaching connected residential courses successful the UK and successful Europe.
"That was the champion happening that could hap successful my life," Dambrauskas said.
"I went done 3 oregon 4 interviews. I volition beryllium everlastingly grateful to [Foundation main executive] John Shiels, the mode helium gave maine this chance, due to the fact that I didn't person experience.
"I'd ne'er been successful a spot with truthful galore large personalities arsenic I got successful the Manchester United Soccer Schools."
After a abbreviated spell with Fulham, Dambrauskas moved to Brentford. He credits academy manager Ose Aibangee arsenic 1 of the biggest influences connected his career, pushing his limits.
All the portion helium was juggling location beingness and moving aggregate jobs to marque ends meet.
"I was a gardener, a handyman, doing paper rounds astatine the beginning, besides polishing floors successful a pub," Dambrauskas said.
"So galore jobs. Working successful retail, and past arsenic a sports improvement officer, past a sports improvement manager, and the cardinal YMCA.
"I was doing two, three, sometimes 4 jobs."
As good arsenic the travel to Manchester United this week, Sabah volition implicit their Champions League radical games astatine Arsenal successful January.
This besides feels similar destiny for Dambrauskas - 1 of the buildings astatine London Metropolitan University connected Holloway Road overlooked Emirates Stadium.
When asked astir his clip successful England, Dambrauskas' look lights up.
"When I perceive this connection 'England', it for maine sounds similar opportunities," Dambrauskas said.
"It was truly amazing. England gave maine each this and I'll everlastingly beryllium grateful."
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