Aivars Drupass

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Aivars Drupass
Personal information
Full name	Aivars Drupass
Date of birth	August 3, 1963 (1963-08-03) (age 44)
Place of birth	Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	deceased
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1982 1984 1985 1986-1990 1991 1992	FK Daugava Rīga SKA Khabarovsk CSKA Moscow FK Daugava Rīga FC Karpaty Lviv FC Skonto	0 1 (0)(49) 037 (8) 021 (1) 0177 (37) 015 (4) 02 (0)
National team
1992	Latvia	04 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Aivars Drupass (1963-1999) was a Latvian football forward.

[edit] Playing career

At the age of 18 the talented forward who was previously coached by the legendary Latvian footballer Gunārs Ulmanis joined FK Daugava Rīga. In his first season for Daugava he played in just one game. Since he had to join the army, for several years Drupass played in army clubs - SKA Khabarovsk and CSKA Moscow but in 1986 he was back in Daugava (6 goals in 33 matches). ^[1]. In 1992 he played 2 games for FC Skonto, the Latvian champion. Drupass also made 4 international appearances for Latvia (including in the first international match for Latvia after regaining of independence). He died from a serious illness at the age of just 36 years.

[edit] References

1. ^ Drupass statistics in Soviet leagues