The most productive football player of Vilnius "Žalgiris" in 2014 Linas Pilibaitis has traveled to Turkey. To the training camp of Kazakhstan's "Atyrau" club, where he is participating in a trial.
The Lithuanian has already played in one match for the Kazakh club - a friendly match between "Atyrau" and Iran's Ahvaz "Foolad Khuzestan" teams ended in a 1:1 draw.
The Atyrau club, located in Western Kazakhstan near the Caspian Sea, finished ninth in last year's national championship.
By the way, the colors of the "Atyrau" team are the same as "Žalgiris": green and white. And even the club's logo resembles that of the Vilnius club.
In 2010, L. Pilibaitis played against this Kazakh team. Then, representing the Lithuanian, Hungarian club "Gyor" faced "Atyrau" in the Europa League qualifiers. "Gyor" won both matches with the same result of 2:0, and Linas scored the first goal of the match at the Atyrau city stadium.
This year, another player from "Žalgiris" has traveled to Kazakhstan - defensive midfielder Artūras Žulpa. He signed a contract with the "Aktobe" team.
L. Pilibaitis has also played most of his career as a defensive midfielder. Last year, in the "Žalgiris" lineup, he mostly played as an attacker. With 17 goals scored, he became the second most productive player in the A League.
I.Butautas, sportas.info
