Nauris Bulvītis

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Nauris Bulvītis

Nauris Bulvītis warming up for Latvia
Personal information
Full nameNauris Bulvītis
Date of birth (1987-03-15) 15 March 1987
Place of birthRiga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current clubFC Aarau
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2007Daugava7(0)
2008Šiauliai21(1)
2009–2010Tranzit17(1)
2009–2010→ Inverness CT (loan)32(2)
2010FK Ventspils10(0)
2011Spartak Trnava0(0)
2011–2013Spartaks Jūrmala56(9)
2013Skonto Riga15(3)
2014-FC Aarau0(0)
National team‡
2006-2007Latvia U-19
2007-2008Latvia U-21
2012–Latvia9(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 January 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2013

Nauris Bulvītis (born 15 March 1987) is a Latvian footballer, who is currently playing for the Swiss Super League club FC Aarau.[1]

Club career

Bulvītis started his professional career in 2007 with FC Daugava. He played there for 1 year, making 7 appearances and scoring no goals.[2] In 2008 he had a one-year spell in Lithuania with FK Šiauliai, playing 21 games and scoring 1 goal in the Lithuanian A Lyga.[3] In 2009 Bulvītis returned to Latvia, signing a contract with FC Tranzit.[4] That season he played 17 matches and scored 1 goal in the Latvian Higher League, before being loaned to the Scottish First Division side Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He signed on loan until January 2010 after a successful trial spell at the club.[5] He was recommended to join the club by fellow Latvian and former Inverness defender Pāvels Mihadjuks.[6] Bulvītis made his debut for Caley Thistle in a Co-operative Insurance Cup match against Annan Athletic.[7] He scored his first goal against Stranraer in the CIS cup. FC Tranzit allowed Bulvītis to extend his loan spell at Caley until the end of the season.[8] Bulvītis left Inverness at the end of the 2009–10 season, signing for FK Ventspils before the start of the Eurocups.[9] Bulvītis played 10 matches for FK Ventspils, scoring no goals.[10] In January 2011 he went on trial with Spartak Trnava, playing in the Slovak Corgoň Liga, and signed a two and a half-year contract with them.[11] Because of a long term injury he was released by the Slovak side in 2011. Then he returned to Latvia, joining Spartaks Jūrmala.[12] During 2 seasons he scored 3 goals in 43 league appearances for the club. In July 2013 Bulvītis joined Skonto Riga on a three-year contract.[13]

International career

Bulvītis has been capped internationally at both – U-19 and U-21 levels. In 2012 Latvia national football team coach Aleksandrs Starkovs called him up for the 2012 Baltic Cup. Nauris played 2 matches, helping Latvia win the tournament.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Nauris Bulvitis – Player profile". transfermarkt.de. Retrieved 2012-10-17. 
  2. ↑ "Nauris Bulvitis – Performance data". transfermarkt.co.uk. 15 March 1987. Retrieved 2012-10-17. 
  3. ↑
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Caley Thistle sign trialist duo". BBC Sport. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009. 
  6. ↑ "Nauris Bulvītis parakstījis līgumu ar "Inverness C.T." – Leģionāri – Futbols –". Sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 2012-10-17. 
  7. ↑ "Inverness CT 4–0 Annan Athletic". BBC Sport. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009. 
  8. ↑ "Nauris Bulvītis pagarinājis līgumu ar "Inverness" – Futbols –". Sportacentrs.com. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 2012-10-17. 
  9. ↑ "TERRY LETS 6 GO". ictfc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ "Bulvītis turpinās karjeru slovāku "Spartak"; Grebis un Rimkus pārbaudās Kiprā – Leģionāri – Futbols –". Sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 2012-10-17. 
  12. ↑ "Nauris Bulvitis – Player changes, player transfers". transfermarkt.de. Retrieved 2012-10-17. 
  13. ↑ "Bulvītis pievienojies Rīgas "Skonto"". sportacentrs.com. 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-09-01. 
  14. ↑ "Spartaka kapteiņa Baltijas debija". Sporto.lv. Retrieved 2012-10-17. 

External links

Nauris Bulvitis career stats at Soccerbase

Skonto FC – current squad
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