Kotryna Kulbytė
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Kotryna Kulbytė in Bunyodkor Stadium, 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 10, 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Jonava, Lithuania | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Uzbekistan (head coach) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2015–2018 | Lithuania U15 (assistant coach) | ||
| 2017–2019 | Baltijos Futbolo Akademija (youth coach) | ||
| 2020–2022 | FK Vilnius | ||
| 2021–2025 | Lithuania U15 & U17 (head coach) | ||
| 2022–2025 | Lithuania (assistant coach) | ||
| 2025– | Uzbekistan (head coach) | ||
Kotryna Kulbytė is a Lithuanian football analyst, coaches instructor, UEFA PRO-level football coach who currently leads the Uzbekistan women's national team.[1]
Career
From 2014 to 2018 she was a youth coach for boys in several Lithuanian football clubs' academy. At the same time, from 2015 to 2018 she was an assistant coach in Lithuania WU15 and WU17 teams. From 2016 to 2019, she served as a head coach in Lithuanian national girls football academy.
From 2019 to 2020, she lived and worked in Brazil as individual skills coach.
Since 2020, she worked as assistant coach in youth age groups with Lithuania's WU15 and WU17 teams.[2] From 2020 to 2023, she was head coach and technical director for FK Vilnius women's section.
From 2021 to 2025, she was head coach of Lithuanian WU15/WU17 national teams, coach education (UEFA instructor for UEFA C & UEFA B licences), and also worked at women’s football and coach education department under Lithuanian Football Federation. At the same time, from 2022 to 2025 she was assistant coach of Lithuania women's national football team.[3]
On January 16, 2025, she was appointed as the head coach of Uzbekistan women's national team.[4][5] Under her leadership, Uzbekistan qualified to the 2026 Asian Cup for the sixth time in their history.
Personal life
Kotryna speaks multiple languages and is fluent in English, Portuguese and Russian.
References
- ^ "Кулбите Котрина ЖФЛ".
- ^ "Kotryna Kulbytė – Lietuvos Futbolas". lietuvosfutbolas.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2025-07-02.
- ^ "Kotryna Kulbytė announces Uzbekistan women's football team for China tournament".
- ^ "Kotryna Kulbytė pasirinko sekančią karjeros stotelę: treniruos Uzbekistano moterų rinktinę". tv3.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2025-07-02.
- ^ "Kotryna Kulbytė appointed Uzbek WNT head coach".
External links
- Kotryna Kulbytė – Player Info in Globalsportsarchive
- Kotryna Kulbyte on Elitefootball
- Kotryna Kulbytė on Sofascore
- Kotryna Kulbytė on Instagram