Aleksandrs Fertovs
 Aleksandrs Fertovs playing for Skonto | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksandrs Fertovs | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Riga, Latvia, USSR (now Republic of Latvia) | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Skonto Riga | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998-2007 | JFC Skonto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007 | JFK Olimps | 13 | (0) |
| 2008- | Skonto Riga | 124 | (15) |
| 2008 | → JFK Olimps (loan) | 17 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007-2009 | Latvia U-21 | ||
| 2009- | Latvia | 16 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Aleksandrs Fertovs (born 16 June 1987 in Riga) is a Latvian footballer, who is currently playing for the Latvian Higher League club Skonto Riga and Latvia national football team.[1]
Club career
Early career
Aleksandrs Fertovs started playing football in 1998, at the age of 11. As a youth player he played for his local club JFC Skonto, being a member of the Skonto Riga academy. In 2007 he was taken to the Latvian Higher League club JFK Olimps. Even though Olimps finished the championship in the last place of the table, Fertovs showed good performance, playing 13 matches during the season. In 2008 he was offered to join Skonto Riga first team. The competition for places in the starting line-up was stiff, and the youngster found himself playing just 1 match for the club. Later he was loaned out and yet again joined JFK Olimps, who despite finishing last the previous season, had secured themselves a place in the Latvian Higher League for the upcoming one. Fertovs scored 3 goals in 17 matches during his loan spell at Olimps.
Skonto Riga
Fertovs returned to Skonto Riga before the 2009 Latvian Higher League season. He quickly grabbed a place in the starting line-up, playing 22 league matches in his full debut season at the club. In the 2010 Latvian Higher League season Fertovs became the champion of Latvia under the manager Aleksandrs Starkovs.[2] He scored twice in 23 league matches, and since then has become one of the key players for Skonto. During the next two seasons Fertovs played 52 league matches, scoring 3 goals. In 2011 Fertovs won the Baltic League with Skonto,[3] but in 2012 he helped his team win the Latvian Cup.[4] In 2011 Aleksandrs was included in both - Latvian Football Federation and sportacentrs.com teams of the tournament.[5] In 2012 he repeated it, being included in the LFF team of the tournament.[6]
International career
From 2007 to 2009 Fertovs was a member of Latvia national under-21 football team. He made his debut for Latvia at full international level on 15 November 2009 in a friendly match against Honduras, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute and replacing Genādijs Soloņicins.[7] As of January 2013 Fertovs has played 16 matches for Latvia, and his first goal is yet to come.
Honours
Skonto Riga
- Latvian champion
- 2010
- Baltic League winner
- 2011
- Latvian Cup winner
- 2012
National team
- Baltic Cup winner
- 2012
References
- ↑ http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/aleksandrs-fertovs/profil/spieler_84980.html
- ↑ http://sports.delfi.lv/news/football/news/cempioni-skonto-ar-parliecinosu-uzvaru-nosledz-lmt-virsligas-sezonu.d?id=35036479
- ↑ http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/citi_latvijas_turniri/18062011-skonto_negaiditi_uzvar_ventspili_un_trium
- ↑ http://www.lff.lv/lv/kauss/rezultati/2011-2012/final/
- ↑ http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/17112011-sportacentrs_com_virsligas_simboliska_izl
- ↑ http://www.lff.lv/lv/virsliga/fixtures/2012/simboliskaizlase/
- ↑ http://www.lff.lv/lv/latvijasizlases/nacionala/speletaji/fertovs/
External links
- Player's profile transfermarkt.co.uk.
- Player's profile soccernet.espn.go.com.
- Player's profile soccerway.com.
- Aleksandrs Fertovs at National-Football-Teams.com
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