⚪️ Mindaugas Pukštas, Rokas' father, on Facebook: "I want to add one story that not many in Split know. Rokas came for tryouts in 2020. And after a week or two he was told that he could train with the team, but they could not provide any accommodations. It was fair enough, he came in unknown system, culture, without speaking language. That team in couple years would play in UEFA youth league final. He had a ticket to fly back to Oklahoma next day. But U17 coach (his name skips my mind) saw something in him, and convinced administration to give him one more chance. One more preseason game, as a left back. He never played LB. That night he watched hours of video best LB in a world, study the game. I was convinced he is going to screw up. But he didn’t….. I was told next day he was the best player on the pitch, we had an offer at the half time. I wish I had a video of that friendly game. A month later he was wearing #10 against Dinamo Zagreb. Rest is history"