Karolis Skinkys

In 2015 Karolis was appointed as the sporting director at FK Sūduva. During his tenure at Suduva, Karolis played an integral role in the process of team selection and internal leadership management.[4] Under his guidance, the club rose to the top of the A Lyga in 2017, 2018 and in 2019. Also in 2019, the club made history as they qualified for the following year's UEFA Champions League, the first time since its existence.[5] After working as the sporting director of Suduva for five years, he left the club in 2020.

In March 2020, Kerala Blasters announced that they have appointed Karolis as their new sporting director.[6] Having failed to make it to the playoffs for the past three seasons in a row, the Kochi based club has been unable to replicate its initial success on the pitch.[7] It was with a plan of starting a new era at the club that the Blasters appointed Karolis as their first ever sporting director.[8] The first decision by Karolis at the club was the appointment of Kibu Vicuna as the new manager.[9] The club also mutually parted away with Sandesh Jhingan who has the most appearances for the club. Karolis successfully started to implement a new philosophy at the Blasters.[10] He appointed a new team of supporting staffs which included a tactical analyst and a fitness coach which was for the first time in the six years of existence of the club.[11] He decided to have a ground-up rebuild at the club and as a part of that, Karolis went for the young Indian players in the transfer market. Nishu Kumar was signed for a long four-year contract. Along with Nishu he was able to sign other youngsters including Givson Singh, Rohit Kumar, Ritwik Das, Puitea and Prabhsukhan Gill.[12] He also changed the foreign signing policy of the club. He was able to sign some high-profile players like Gary Hooper, Vicente Gómez, Costa Nhamoinesu and Bakary Kone within a limited budget.[13]