Andris Vaņins
Andris Vaņins playing for Latvia
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Andris Vaņins | ||
| Date of birth | 30 April 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Ilūkste, Latvia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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FC Zürich | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FK Ilūkste | |||
| FK Ventspils | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2003 | FK Ventspils | 86 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | FC Moscow-2 | 38 | (0) |
| 2005 | FK Venta | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | FK Ventspils | 78 | (0) |
| 2009–2016 | FC Sion | 223 | (0) |
| 2016– | FC Zürich | 10 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000– | Latvia | 67 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 June 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 December 2013 |
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Andris Vaņins (born 30 April 1980) is a Latvian football goalkeeper who currently plays for FC Zürich in the Swiss Challenge League. Vaņins is also a member of Latvia national football team.
Vaņins started his professional football career in 1997, when he was only 17 years old. His first club was FK Ventspils. In 2003, he left the Virsliga, signing a contract with FC Torpedo Moscow.
In 2003 Vaņins signed a contract with FC Moscow. He could not manage to get into the first team, mostly being used in the reserves. As playing for the reserve team did not please the Latvian international, he decided to leave.
In 2005, Vaņins returned to Latvia. FK Venta offered him a contract, which Vaņins accepted. He did not play much there either and the club went bankrupt in the second half of the season. The first-team players, including Vaņins, were released.
Having become a free agent, Vaņins agreed to a contract with FK Ventspils.He became the first-choice goalkeeper at the club and played there for three and a half years. In 2006, 2007 and 2008 he was named the best goalkeeper of the season in the LMT Virslīga, as well as the Latvian Footballer of the Year in 2008. In 2009, he started looking for a club abroad, but eventually he had to start the next season with FK Ventspils, because of unsuccessful negotiations. In February 2009 he went on trial with the Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan.
In the middle of FK Ventspils' season Vaņins joined Swiss Super League club FC Sion on a three-year contract. He went on to become first-choice goalkeeper. His debut for the club was on 19 August 2009 in a 2-0 loss against Fenerbahçe S.K.. His first clean sheet came against FC Echallens. He was named the best goalkeeper of the league after the first and the second round. In his first season at FC Sion Vaņins played in all of the games and was named the best FC Sion player of the season. The Swiss portal sport.ch named him the best goalkeeper of the Swiss Super League of the 2009-2010 season. After the 2010–2011 season Vaņins was named the best FC Sion player by the team's fans, who gave him 34% votes in a survey via Facebook. After the 2011 season he was also named the best goalkeeper of the season in the "Swiss Golden Player Award" ceremony. In October 2013, Vaņins' contract at the club was extended till June 2017.
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