Valerijs Sabala
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Valērijs Šabala | ||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Riga, Latvia | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
|
Current team
|
Riga (on loan from Club Brugge) | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2009 | Daugava Rīga | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009 | Daugava Rīga | 2 | (0) |
| 2010 | JFK Olimps | 21 | (6) |
| 2011–2013 | Skonto Riga | 77 | (28) |
| 2014– | Club Brugge | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Skonto Riga (loan) | 9 | (5) |
| 2014 | → Anorthosis Famagusta (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2015 | → FK Jablonec (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | → Miedź Legnica (loan) | 9 | (3) |
| 2016 | → FK Příbram (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2016 | → DAC Dunajská Streda (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2017– | → Riga (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Latvia U-17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Latvia U-19 | 13 | (2) |
| 2012– | Latvia U-21 | 3 | (2) |
| 2013– | Latvia | 33 | (10) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 June 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 May 2017 |
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Valērijs Šabala (born 12 October 1994) is a Latvian football striker, who plays for Riga on loan from Club Brugge and the Latvian national football team.
As a youth player Šabala was a member of Daugava Rīga academy. With the club winning the 2008 Latvian First League and being promoted to the Latvian Higher League for the 2009 season, Šabala was one of the youngsters to be included in the first team squad by the manager Vladimirs Beļajevs. Šabala made his debut on 15 October 2009, having just turned 15, when he came on as a substitute in the 46th minute in an 8–0 loss against the defending champions FK Ventspils. Three days later he appeared in the match against FC Tranzit, coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute. Daugava Rīga were relegated to the Latvian First League and Šabala joined the Latvian Higher League new-comers JFK Olimps in January 2010. Šabala scored his first Latvian Higher League goal on 23 April 2010 in a match against Skonto Riga. At the time he was 15 years and 193 days old, which made him the youngest ever goalscorer in the history of Latvian championship and all the top tier European football leagues. His record was broken on 10 June 2014, when Skonto Riga midfielder Jānis Grīnbergs scored a penalty against Daugava Daugavpils being just 15 years and 102 days old. All in all that season Šabala played 21 league matches and scored 6 goals.
In February 2011 Šabala joined that time Latvian Higher League champions Skonto Riga. In his debut season with the club he was rarely used in the first eleven and often came on as a substitute, scoring 2 goals in 22 matches. Šabala scored his first league goal for Skonto on 25 September 2011 against his former club JFK Olimps. Despite the limited playing time, he was named Young player of the year and received the Ilmārs Liepiņš prize. Throughout the season Šabala went on short term trials with Arsenal, Watford and Udinese Calcio.
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