Kestutis Latoža
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Kęstutis Latoža is a Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

n football manager.

Career

Latoža played club football for FK Žalgiris Vilnius
FK Žalgiris Vilnius
VMFD Žalgiris is a Lithuanian football club, playing in the capital, Vilnius. They have won the Lithuanian Championship three times: 1991, 1992, and 1999. The team's colours are green and white...

 from 1968 to 1983.

After representing the Lithuanian SSR team 76 times as a player, he retired and began a career in coaching. He has also played 515 matces, scored 50 goals. His notable appointments were as Head Coach of the Lithuania national football team
Lithuania national football team
The national football team of Lithuania is under the auspices of the Lithuanian Football Federation. It played its first match in 1923. In 1940, Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union; the country regained its independence in 1990 and played their first match as a new nation against Georgia on...

 and as a club manager in the Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...

, . He later managed FK Žalgiris Vilnius
FK Žalgiris Vilnius
VMFD Žalgiris is a Lithuanian football club, playing in the capital, Vilnius. They have won the Lithuanian Championship three times: 1991, 1992, and 1999. The team's colours are green and white...

of Lithuania,made them to champions of Lithuania. but left in 2006.
He was rewarded for his achievements with Comodor Cross, later rewarded by Vilnius sport departament and more.
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