Charles Kazlauskas (born November 12, 1982) is an American former professional

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player who is currently the head coach of Dutch

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse ( en, First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into eleven divisions, six for Saturday clubs and five for Sunday clubs. These divisions correspond to the s ...

club

VV De Bataven Voetbalvereniging De Bataven is a football club from Gendt, Netherlands. VV De Bataven plays in the 2017–18 Sunday Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie, formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Nether ...

and also head coach of Helmond Sport's U15 team.

Career

Born in

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, Kazlauskas signed for Dutch club

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in 2001, making his senior debut for them on August 14, 2001, in the

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

. He spent the 2003–04 season on loan at Fortuna Sittard, and signed permanently for

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

in 2005. He made his 100th appearance for Oss in February 2008. Kazlauskas was offered a new contract by Oss in April 2009, but he left the club later that summer, signing for Helmond Sport. He retired in 2017 as part of

JVC Cuijk JVC Cuijk is a Dutch association football club from Cuijk, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1931 and plays in Derde Divisie, the fourth tier of Dutch football, in the Sunday league. The team plays home games at Sportpark De Groenendijkse, whi ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kazlauskas, Charles 1982 births Living people American men's soccer players American expatriate men's soccer players American people of Lithuanian descent NEC Nijmegen players Fortuna Sittard players TOP Oss players Helmond Sport players Soccer players from Milwaukee Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players United States men's under-20 international soccer players De Treffers players JVC Cuijk players Men's association football defenders SBV Vitesse non-playing staff American expatriate soccer coaches Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands American expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands