Artūrs Karašausks

Artūrs Karašausks

Personal information
Full name	Artūrs Karašausks
Date of birth	29 January 1992 (1992-01-29) (age 19)
Place of birth	Riga, Latvia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Skonto
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008–2009	JFK Olimps/RFS	18	(10)
2009–	Skonto FC	11	(8)
2010	→ FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (loan)	0	(0)
National team‡
2009-	Latvia U-19	6	(1)
2010-	Latvia	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 May 2010

Artūrs Karašausks (born 29 January 1992 in Riga) is a Latvian footballer who currently plays for Virsliga side Skonto FC.

Club career

Olimps/RFS

He started his career in the local youth club JFK Skonto, joining Olimps/RFS in 2009. He played there for a year just being 17. He managed to score 10 goals in 18 appearances during his first season in professional football. He helped the team reach its highest position ever - 5th place in the Latvian Higher League.

Skonto

After the season Aleksandrs Starkovs - the manager of Latvia national football team- called Karašausks the best youth player of the season. Before the next season Starkovs was confirmed as the manager of Skonto, despite being the manager of the national team too. He started his work with the squad reorganization, so Karašausks was taken to Skonto alongside 5 other players from Olimps/RFS.

He started the 2010 season wonderfully, scoring 7 goals in his first four appearances. As of 2 May 2010 (2010 -05-02)^[update] he has been the top scorer in Virsliga.

In July 2010 he went on trial with the Ukrainian team FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, but returned to Skonto, because was only offered to be a player of the reserve team. He didn't find it interesting, stating that the level of Latvian Virsliga is surely to be higher than the level of the Ukrainian reserve championship. The board of the Ukrainian club stated that they are interested in the player and would like to see him playing for the club in the future.

In August 2010 Karašausks left Skonto FC, as the manager and Karašausks himself were stating that he had overgrown the level of Latvian championship.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

In August 2010 Artūrs Karašausks signed on loan with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in Ukraine for one season. During the season there he played 9 matches in the club's reserve team, scoring twice, but he didn't appear in any first team games. After the season he returned to Skonto.

International career

Karašausks is a member of Latvia U-19. He has also represented his country at U-17 level. He was firstly called up to the senior side for a friendly match against Ghana on 5 June 2010, making his first appearance then, coming on as a substitution and replacing Artjoms Rudņevs.

Family

His father Jurijs Karašausks is also a former footballer.

Awards

In 2009 Karašausks was awarded the best youth player of Virsliga.

External links

• Player's profile fussballtransfers.com (German)
• Player's profile imscouting.com

Persondata
Name	Karasausks, Arturs
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	29 January 1992
Place of birth	Riga, Latvia
Date of death
Place of death