Playing position Name Juris Laizans Height 1.86 m Date joined 1998 | Years Team Weight 85 kg Position Midfielder | |
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Date of birth (1979-01-06) 6 January 1979 (age 37) | ||
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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.
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- Juris laiz ns 2004 latvia estonia
- Club career
- International career
- Playing career
- Post football career
- Honours
- References
Club career
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.
International 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.
Playing career
Post-football career
After the end of his professional footballer's career on 11 April 2014, Laizāns accepted an offer from the Russian Premier League club FC Krasnodar to become a member of their scouting staff.
Honours
