| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrejs Rubins | ||
| Date of birth | 26 November 1978 | ||
| 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 | FK Simurq Zaqatala | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996 | FK Auda | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996 | FK Auda | 0 | (0) |
| 1997 | Östers IF | 11 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Skonto | 67 | (14) |
| 2000–2003 | Crystal Palace | 31 | (2) |
| 2003 | Spartak Moscow | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 51 | (4) |
| 2005 | Spartak Moscow | 5 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Shinnik Yaroslavl (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Liepājas Metalurgs (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | FC Inter Baku | 50 | (9) |
| 2010–2011 | FK Qarabağ | 12 | (0) |
| 2011- | FK Simurq Zaqatala | 9 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998– | Latvia | 115 | (10) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Andrejs Rubins (born 26 November 1978 in Riga Latvia) is a football midfielder from Latvia. He currently plays for FK Simurq Zaqatala in Azerbaijan. He also plays for the Latvia national team.
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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, scoring twice in the League Cup against Leicester City[1] and Liverpool.[2] In December 2002 he moved to Russia initially to play Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League on a free transfer.Currently playing for an Azerbaijani champions Inter Baku.[3] However, three months later, and without playing a game he was sold to Shinnik Yaroslavl,[4] 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.[5] 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[6] [7] In June 2007 he was linked with another loan move, this time with English Football League Championship club, Blackpool [6] but he eventually went on loan to Latvian Virsliga club, FK Liepājas Metalurgs on 27 July for six months.[8]
He was released from Metalurgs together with his national team team-mate Imants Bleidelis. Bleidelis chose to retire from football then, but Rubins signed a contract with Inter Baku from Azerbaijan. He spent two seasons there, becoming a vital starting eleven player for the club. He and his team also managed to win the championship in 2009/10 season. After this season he left the team and signed a two-year contract with another club from Azerbaijan - this time - FK Qarabağ on a free transfer.
Rubins has played 109 international matches and scored 8 goals for the Latvia national team.[9] He made his international debut in 1998, and played at Euro 2004.
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