Igors Stepanovs

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Igors Stepanovs
Personal information
Date of birth	January 21, 1976 (age 31)
Place of birth	Ogre, Latvia
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Esbjerg fB
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993 1994 1995-2000 2000-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006 2007-present	Skonto Riga Interskonto Skonto Riga Arsenal K.S.K. Beveren Grasshopper FK Jūrmala Esbjerg fB	9 (0) 20 (2) 129 (11) 17 (0) 21 (0) 50 (0) 9 (0) 1 (0)
National team2
1995-present	Latvia	92 (3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 March 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of March 29, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Igors Stepanovs (born January 21, 1976 in Ogre) is a Latvian football defender. As of April 2007 he has played 92 international matches and scored 3 goals for the Latvia national team. He made his debut in 1995, and played at Euro 2004.

He started his club career at Skonto-Metāls, and has since played for Skonto Riga, Arsenal (though he never became a first team regular), K.S.K. Beveren, Grasshopper-Club Zürich and FK Jūrmala.

On January 26, 2007 he moved on a free transfer to Danish Premier League side Esbjerg fB. He signed a contract that runs until the summer of 2009.

[edit] External links

• Igors Stepanovs (incomplete) career stats at Soccerbase
• (Dutch) Voetbal International
• Latvian Football Federation (in Latvian)

	Latvia squad - Euro 2004
1 Koļinko | 2 Stepanovs | 3 Astafjevs | 4 Zemļinskis | 5 Laizāns | 6 Blagonadeždins | 7 Isakovs | 8 Bleidelis | 9 Verpakovskis | 10 Rubins | 11 Prohorenkovs | 12 Piedels | 13 Pučinskis | 14 Lobaņovs | 15 Smirnovs | 16 Zirnis | 17 Pahars | 18 Korabļovs | 19 Štolcers | 20 Pavlovs | 21 Miholaps | 22 Zakreševskis | 23 Rimkus | Coach: Starkovs

Esbjerg fB - Current Squad
1 Hall | 2 Hansen | 3 Derveld | 4 Stepanovs | 5 Nøhr | 6 Zimling | 7 Bjurström | 9 Demba-Nyrén | 10 Borges | 11 J. Bech | 12 Pedersen | 14 Vingaard | 15 Klarström | 16 Winde | 17 Nielsen | 18 Friis Jensen | 19 Jørgensen | 20 Onstad | 21 Lucena | 22 Lange | 23 Grønborg | 24 Høgh | 25 Murcy | 26 Vendelbo | 31 Rieks | 40 Jensen | Coach T. Bech