Andrejs Rubins

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Andrejs Rubins
Personal information
Full name Andrejs Rubins
Date of birth November 26, 1978 (1978-11-26) (age 29)
Place of birth    Riga, Latvia, USSR (now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Left Winger
Club information
Current club Liepājas Metalurgs
on loan from Spartak Moscow
Youth clubs
1996 FK Auda
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996
1997
1998-2000
2000-2003
2003
2003-2004
2005
2006
2007-		 FK Auda
Östers IF
Skonto
Crystal Palace
Spartak Moscow
Shinnik Yaroslavl
Spartak Moscow
→ Shinnik Yaroslavl (loan)
→ Liepājas Metalurgs (loan)		 0 (0)
11 (0)
67 (14)
31 (0)
0 (0)
51 (4)
05 (0)
13 (0)
07 (1)   
National team2
1998- Latvia 91 (8)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19:46 February 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 19:46 3 February 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Andrejs Rubins (born November 26, 1978 in Riga Latvia) is a football midfielder from Latvia. He currently plays for Liepājas Metalurgs on loan from Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow. He also plays for the Latvia national team.

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[edit] Club career

Rubins started his career in 1996 at FK Auda in the Latvian 2nd Division. The following year he moved to Sweden with Östers IF where he made 11 league appearances before moving back to Latvia in 1998 to play for FC Skonto where he made 67 appearances, scoring 14 goals. In 2000 he moved to English Football League First Division club Crystal Palace. However, he made just 31 appearances in three seasons at the club in December 2002 he moved to Russia initially to to play Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League on a free transfer.[1] However, three months later, and without playing a game he was sold to Shinnik Yaroslavl,[2] where he played 51 games in two seasons. In January 2005 he signed a four year contract with Spartak Moscow who were managed by former Lativan manager, Aleksandrs Starkovs.[3] After struggling to settle he made just five appearances and the club sent him on loan back to Shinnik Yaroslavl in January 2006 for 12 months[4] [5] In June 2007 he was linked with another loan move, this time with English Football League Championship club, Blackpool [4] but he eventually went on loan to Latvian Virsliga club, FK Liepājas Metalurgs on 27 July for six months.[6]

[edit] International career

Rubins has played 91 international matches and scored 8 goals for the Latvia national team. [7] He debuted in 1998, and played at Euro 2004.

[edit] Honours

Club

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Rubins wings his way to Spartak", UEFA, 2002-12-10. Retrieved on 2008-02-03. 
  2. ^ "Trio strengthen Spartak ranks", UEFA, 2003-03-12. Retrieved on 2008-02-03. 
  3. ^ "Rubins ready for Spartak", UEFA, 2005-01-05. Retrieved on 2008-02-03. 
  4. ^ a b "Pool target Spartak Moscow player", Blackpool Gazette, 2007-06-28. Retrieved on 2008-02-03. 
  5. ^ "Basinas makes Mallorca move", UEFA, 2006-01-20. Retrieved on 2008-02-03. 
  6. ^ "Metalurgs bring Rubins home", UEFA, 2005-01-05. Retrieved on 2008-02-03. 
  7. ^ "Latvia - Record International Players: Appearances for Latvia National Team", Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation , 2007-12-14. Retrieved on 2008-02-03. 

[edit] External links

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