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In 1987, he finished second in league scoring with 16 goals while leading his club to a third-place finish, their best in history.
In 1987, he finished second in league scoring with 16 goals while leading his club to a third-place finish, their best in history.
In 2003, he was selected by Union of European Football Associations as his country"s greatest player of the past 50 years. Narbekovas made his debut in 1983 with Žalgiris Vilnius, Lithuania"s sole representative in the Soviet Top League, at the age of 18. Austria would become Narbekovas" destination after Lithuanian players were allowed to move abroad.
Arminas moved there in 1990 after a short stint with Lokomotiv Moscow, since Lithuania was not a part of Union of European Football Associations yet and players from its clubs were not permitted to transfer.
Narbekovas would spend the rest of his club career in Austria, with Austria Vienna until 1995 and then with Admira Wacker and a number of other lower division clubs. Narbekovas scored two goals in the tournament, including an extra time one in the semifinals against Italy, helping the Soviets to a 3-2 victory.
Also, he represented Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in 1987 Summer Universiade. Arminas first played for Lithuania in its first ever game as a newly independent country, on 27 May 1990 against Georgia, and scored the first goal in the 2-2 tie.
Unfortunately, injuries limited his career to just 13 caps and four goals for his country.
International goals.
Narbekovas was named Lithuania"s football player of the year four times, from 1985 to 1988. In November 2003, to celebrate Union of European Football Associations"s jubilee, he was selected by the Lithuanian Football Federation as the country"s Golden Player - the greatest player of the last 50 years.
