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 | ||
| Position(s) | Head coach | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Uzbekistan WNT | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2014-2018 | Žalgiris | ||
| 2015-2018 | Lithuanian U15 WNT (assistant coach) | ||
| 2020-2023 | Vilnius | ||
| 2021-2025 | Lithuanian U15 & U17 WNT (head 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 boys youth coach in several Lithuanian football clubs' academy as FC Žalgirietis, FC Bitės and FC Žalgiris. At the same time, from 2015 to 2018 - assistant coach in Lithuania national Women's U15 team.
From 2015 to 2018 she was an assistant coach in Lithuanian national WU15 and WU17 teams. From 2016 to 2019 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 U15, U17 teams and the Vilnius-based "Margarita" club.[2]
From 2020 to 2023 was a head coach and a technical director of womens FC Vilnius.
From 2021 to 2025 she was head coach of Lithuanian U15/U17 national teams, coach education (UEFA instructor for UEFA C & UEFA B licences), 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 Lithuanian senior women’s national team.[3]
On January 16, 2025, she became the head coach of Uzbekistan women's national team.[4][5] Under she's managership, the national team of Uzbekistan qualified to the 2026 Asian Cup sixth time in its history.
Personal life
She well knows English, Portuguese and Russian languages.
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 Kulbyté 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
- Kotryna Kulbytė on Facebook
- Kotryna Kulbytė on Twitter