Aivars Drupass

Aivars Drupass
Personal information
Full name Aivars Drupass
Date of birth (1963-08-03)3 August 1963
Place of birth Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death 1999
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982 FK Daugava Rīga 1 (0 49)
1984 SKA Khabarovsk 37 (8)
1985 CSKA Moscow 21 (1)
1986–1990 FK Daugava Rīga 177 (37)
1991 FC Karpaty Lviv 15 (4)
1992 FC Skonto 2 (0)
National team
1992 Latvia 4 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Aivars Drupass (1963–1999) was a Latvian football forward.

Playing career

At the age of 18 the talented forward who was previously coached by Latvian footballer Gunārs Ulmanis joined FK Daugava Rīga. In his first season for Daugava he played in just one game. Since he had to join the army, for several years Drupass played in army clubs – SKA Khabarovsk and CSKA Moscow but in 1986 he was back in Daugava (6 goals in 33 matches).[1] In 1992 he played 2 games for FC Skonto, the Latvian champion. Drupass also made 4 international appearances for Latvia (including in the first international match for Latvia after regaining of independence). He died from a serious illness at the age of just 36 years.

Honours

References

  1. Drupass statistics in Soviet leagues
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