Mihails Zemļinskis

Mihails Zemļinskis

Personal information
Full name	Mihails Zemļinskis
Date of birth	21 December 1969 (1969-12-21) (age 41)
Place of birth	Riga, Latvian SSR
Playing position	Defender (retired)
Club information
Current club	Latvia U-21 (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1988	Zvezda Ventspils	?	(?)
1991–1992	BVSC Budapest	0	(0)
1992–1997	Skonto Riga	120	(29)
1997–1998	Hapoel Kfar Saba	17	(0)
1998–2005	Skonto Riga	132	(28)
National team
1991–2005	Latvia	105	(12)
Teams managed
2009–	Latvia U-21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mihails Zemļinskis (born 21 December 1969) is a former Latvian football player. Born in Riga, he didn't play for a club other than Skonto FC except for two short spells in Hungary and Israel. Zemļinskis was a very trustful and skilled defender and he was one of the few players who have been playing for the Latvian national team since the country gained its independence in 1991/92 (another player is the captain Vitālijs Astafjevs). He played 105 matches and scored 12 goals for the national team, and took part at the European Championships 2004 in Portugal. Zemļinskis wore the jersey number 4. Zemļinskis learned how to work his way up the echelons of becoming a football coach at FC Daugava. He is currently the head coach of Latvia U-21.^[1]

Honours

• Baltic Cup (2):

1993, 1995

• Latvian Champion (11):

1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

• Latvian Footballer of the Year

1998

References

1. ^ uefa.com - Football Europe - News & Features - News Specific

External links

• Latvian Football Federation (Latvian)

Persondata
Name	Zemlinskis, Mihails
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	21 December 1969
Place of birth	Riga, Latvian SSR
Date of death
Place of death