Pāvels Šteinbors

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Pāvels Šteinbors
Personal information
Full name Pāvels Šteinbors
Date of birth September 21, 1985 (1985-09-21) (age 22)
Place of birth    Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club FK Jūrmala
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001-2004
2004-
2008		 Skonto FC
FK Jūrmala
→ Blackpool (loan)		 0? (0)
43 (0)
00 (0)   
National team2
2003
2006-		 Latvia Under-19
Latvia Under-21		 0? (0)
03 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 02:45 1 February 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 03:25 1 February 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Pāvels Šteinbors (born 21 September 1985) is a Latvian football goalkeeper who currently plays for FK Jūrmala. He has played for Latvia at both Under-19 and Under-21 levels.

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[edit] Club career

Šteinbors began his career at Skonto FC in 2001 and signed with FK Jūrmala in January 2004.[1] Over Christmas 2007, he went on trial at Blackpool, where he impressed the coaching staff.[2] On 16 January 2008 German 2nd Bundesliga club, FC Augsburg reported that Šteinbors' was on trial during the club's training camp in Faro, Portugal.[3] However, on 31 January 2008 he signed a loan deal with Blackpool until the end of the 2007-08 season, with a view to a permanent move at the end of the season. [2] A deal was reached with FK Jūrmala and Blackpool had an option to keep him for a further year after the end of the loan period.[4] Šteinbors joined fellow countryman and current Latvian international, Kaspars Gorkšs, at Bloomfield Road. He returned to Latvia at the end of the loan period, having featured regularly in Blackpool's reserve team but not in the first team.

[edit] International career

In 2003, Šteinbors played for the Latvia Under-19 team in the 2003-04 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, playing in a first qualifying round match on 8 October 2003 against Poland Under-19's, which Latvia lost 3-0[5] and, on 12 October, against Cyprus Under-19's which Latvia won 4-2.[6]

Šteinbors has also played for the Latvia Under-21 team. He played in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification defeat to Russia on 16 August 2005, which Latvia lost 4-0.[7] He played in the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification defeats to Poland on 16 August 2006, which Latvia lost 3-1[8] and the match against Portugal, which they lost 2-0 on 2 September.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ FK Jūrmala squad 2004. eufo.de (2004). Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
  2. ^ a b "The latest from Bloomfield Road", Blackpool F.C., 2008-02-01. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  3. ^ "Trainingslager Tag 3", FC Augsburg, 2008-01-16. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. (German) 
  4. ^ "Three new boys for Blackpool - but they sweat on Dickov", Blackpool Gazette, 2008-02-01. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  5. ^ Poland 3 Latvia 0. UEFA (2003-10-08). Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
  6. ^ Cyprus 2 Latvia 4. UEFA (2003-10-12). Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
  7. ^ Russia reap attacking reward. UEFA (2005-08-16). Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
  8. ^ Poles press home advantage. UEFA (2006-08-16). Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
  9. ^ Portugal win sets up Poland decider. UEFA (2006-09-01). Retrieved on 2008-02-01.

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