Juris Laizāns
With Fakel in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 6 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth |
Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR (now Republic of Latvia) |
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| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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FC Krasnodar (scout) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Skonto Riga | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | Skonto Riga | 81 | (10) |
| 2001–2005 | CSKA Moscow | 79 | (5) |
| 2005 | Torpedo Moscow | 9 | (1) |
| 2006 | Rostov | 21 | (1) |
| 2007 | Kuban Krasnodar | 24 | (4) |
| 2008 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 24 | (1) |
| 2009 | RFS/Olimps | 10 | (0) |
| 2009 | Ventspils | 6 | (1) |
| 2010 | Skonto Riga | 11 | (1) |
| 2010 | Salyut Belgorod | 13 | (1) |
| 2011 | Skonto Riga | 14 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | Fakel Voronezh | 17 | (3) |
| 2012–2014 | Skonto Riga | 32 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–2013 | Latvia | 113 | (15) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 September 2014 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 September 2014 |
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Juris Laizāns (born 6 January 1979 in Riga) is a Latvian former football midfielder, currently working as a scout for FC Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League.
Laizāns started his career with Skonto FC and moved to the Russian team CSKA Moscow in 2000. His team managed to win the UEFA Cup. After leaving CSKA Laizāns kept playing in Russia for FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Rostov, FC Kuban Krasnodar and FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. In 2009, he came back to Latvia, signing for Olimps/RFS, later also playing for FK Ventspils and participating in the UEFA Europa League group stages. Laizāns signed for Skonto FC at the start of 2010, but left the team soon - he joined the Russian team FC Salyut Belgorod. At the end of the season he was released, and he returned to Skonto FC once again. Playing 14 matches and scoring 2 goals, he once again left Riga, this time in July 2011 for Fakel Voronezh, playing in the Russian First League. After a season spent in Russia, Juris once again joined Skonto on 30 August 2012. Laizāns played for Skonto till April 2014, afterwards ending his professional footballer's career.
Laizāns played 113 international matches and scored 15 goals for Latvia. He debuted in 1998 and played at the Euro 2004. His last official international match was a friendly against Republic of Ireland on 15 November 2013. As of 2014, Laizāns ranks third in the list of Latvia's most capped players internationally with 113 appearances. His 15 goals for the national team rank him fifth in the table of top scorers.
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