Nauris Bulvītis warming up for Latvia
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nauris Bulvītis | ||
Date of birth | 15 March 1987 | ||
Place of birth |
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Republic of Latvia) |
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Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Plymouth Argyle | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007 | Daugava Daugavpils | 7 | (0) |
2008 | FK Šiauliai | 21 | (1) |
2009–2010 | FC Tranzit | 17 | (1) |
2009–2010 | → Inverness CT (loan) | 32 | (2) |
2010 | FK Ventspils | 10 | (0) |
2011 | Spartak Trnava | 0 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 56 | (9) |
2013 | Skonto Riga | 15 | (3) |
2014 | FC Aarau | 22 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 37 | (2) |
2016– | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2006–2007 | Latvia U19 | ||
2007–2008 | Latvia U21 | ||
2012– | Latvia | 19 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:59, 11 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:53, 26 September 2016 (UTC) |
Nauris Bulvītis (born 15 March 1987) is a Latvian footballer who plays for League Two club Plymouth Argyle.
Bulvītis started his professional career in 2007 with Daugava Daugavpils. Having played there for one season, he made 7 league appearances and scored no goals. In 2008, he had a one-year spell in the Lithuanian A Lyga with FK Šiauliai, playing 21 games and scoring once. In 2009 Bulvītis returned to his homeland, signing a contract with FC Tranzit. 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. He was recommended to join the club by fellow Latvian and former Inverness defender Pāvels Mihadjuks. Bulvītis made his debut for Caley Thistle in a Scottish League Cup match against Annan Athletic. He scored his first goal against Stranraer in the CIS cup. FC Tranzit permitted Bulvītis to extend his loan spell at Caley until the end of the season. Bulvītis left Inverness at the end of the 2009–10 season.
Bulvitis signed for the Latvian Higher League club FK Ventspils before the start of the Eurocups. He played 10 matches for FK Ventspils, scoring no goals. In January 2011 he went on trial with the Slovak Super Liga club Spartak Trnava and signed a two and a half-year contract with them. Because of a long term injury he was released by the Slovak side in the middle of 2011. Bulvītis then returned to Latvia, joining Spartaks Jūrmala. During three seasons with the club he scored nine goals in 56 league matches. In July 2013 Bulvītis joined Skonto Riga on a three-year contract. He played 15 league matches and scored three goals for the club before leaving the club in January 2014 due to a long-term delay of salary payment. On 24 January 2014 Bulvītis signed a one-year contract with the Swiss Super League club FC Aarau with an option to extend it for another season. In April 2014 his contract was extended for another year. During his first season in the Swiss Super League Bulvītis played 18 matches, scoring no goals.