Oskars Kļava
 With Khimki in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 August 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Liepāja, Latvian SSR, USSR (now Republic of Latvia) | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | AZAL PFC | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liepājas Metalurgs | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2010 | Liepājas Metalurgs | 189 | (7) |
| 2010–2012 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 11 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Khimki (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2012 | Liepājas Metalurgs | 14 | (2) |
| 2012– | AZAL | 41 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2004 | Latvia U-21 | ||
| 2005– | Latvia | 65 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 December 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Oskars Kļava (born 8 August 1983 in Liepāja) is a Latvian football defender, currently playing for AZAL PFC in the Azerbaijan Premier League and Latvia national football team.[1]
Club career
As a youth player Kļava played for his local club FK Liepājas Metalurgs, making his first-team debut in 2002. That year he also made his Euro cups debut and was sent of against Austrian club FC Kärnten in a UEFA Cup 2002-03 qualifying round match, which Kärnten won 2-0 on August 15.[2] With the number of appearances growing each season Kļava played in Liepāja for 9 seasons. He became a first eleven player in 2005. In January 2008 Kļava went on trial with Football League One side Leeds United in England.[3] He left Metalurgs in 2010, having played 189 league matches, scoring 7 goals.
In June 2010 Kļava went on trial with the Russian Premier League club Anzhi Makhachkala and signed a three-year contract with them in August.[4] He was given the nr. 83 jersey at the club, and, what's interesting, despite his surname being Kļava, he had his name Oskars written on it. He made his Premier League debut in the 17th round match against CSKA Moscow, coming on as a substitute on 15 August 2010.[5] In his first season in Makhachkala Kļava appeared in 11 Premier League matches, as well as 12 reserve team games, scoring 1 goal.[6] He completely lost his place in the starting line-up after Roberto Carlos's arrival.
In August 2011 Kļava was given to the Russian First Division club FK Khimki on a half-year loan.[7] Playing 11 matches there, he returned to Anzhi and at the start of 2012 rejoined his home-town club Liepājas Metalurgs in the Latvian Higher League.[8] He scored 2 goals in 14 league matches.
In July 2012 Kļava signed a contract with the Azerbaijan Premier League club AZAL PFC.[9]
International career
Kļava has represented Latvian U-21 team and since 2005 has been a vital member of Latvia national football team. He made his international debut in 2005 in a 1-1 draw against Thailand under that time national team's manager Jurijs Andrejevs, who had picked him up for a tournament in Bahrain.[10] Kļava scored his first international goal in October 2007 against Iceland.[11]
Career statistics
- As of 23 December 2013
| Season | Club | League | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||||
| Latvia | League | Latvian Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2002 | Liepājas Metalurgs | Virsliga | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2003 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||||
| 2004 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |||||
| 2005 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 2006 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |||||
| 2007 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |||||
| 2008 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||||
| 2009 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |||||
| 2010 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Russia | League | Russian Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2010 | Anzhi Makhachkala | Russian Premier League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2011-12 | Khimki (Loan) | Russian National Football League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 11 | 0 | ||
| Latvia | League | Latvian Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2012 | Liepājas Metalurgs | Virsliga | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
| Azerbaijan | League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2012–13[12] | AZAL | Azerbaijan Premier League | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Total | Latvia | 203 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 218 | 9 | ||||
| Russia | 22 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | ||||||
| Azerbaijan | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 43 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 266 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 286 | 11 | |||
Honours
Club
- Virsliga champion (2): 2005, 2009
- Virsliga runner-up (5): 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Latvian Cup winner (1): 2006
- Baltic League Champion (1): 2007
National team
- Baltic Cup winner (2): 2008, 2012
References
- ↑ http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/oskars-klava/profil/spieler_22685.html
- ↑ "Kärnten beat ten-man Metalurgs". UEFA. 2002-08-15. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- ↑ "Trio on trial at Leeds". Sky Sports. 2007-07-19. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- ↑ http://www.lff.lv/lv/news/2010/augusts/57/
- ↑ http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/citas_ligas/15082010-o_klava_debite
- ↑ Oskars Kļava at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ http://www.lff.lv/lv/news/2011/aug/75/
- ↑ http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/17022012-klava_varetu_atgriezties_liepajas_metalur
- ↑ http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/25072012-klava_parcelas_uz_azerbaidzanas_azal
- ↑ http://www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/speletaji/klava/
- ↑ "Iceland caught cold by Latvia revival". UEFA. 2007-10-13. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- ↑ "Premier League Stats 2012/13". http://www.pfl.az/. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
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External links
- Oskars Klava career stats at Soccerbase
- Oskars Kļava at National-Football-Teams.com
- transfermarkt.co.uk.