Andrejs Rubins

Football player infobox


playername = Andrejs Rubins
fullname = Andrejs Rubins
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|11|26
cityofbirth = Riga
countryofbirth = Latvia, USSR (now Republic of Latvia)
height = height|meter=1.74
currentclub = Liepājas Metalurgs
on loan from Spartak Moscow
position = Left Winger
nickname =
youthyears = 1996
youthclubs = FK Auda
years = 1996
1997
1998-2000
2000-2003
2003
2003-2004
2005
2006
2007
2008-
clubs = FK Auda
Östers IF
Skonto
Crystal Palace
Spartak Moscow
Shinnik Yaroslavl
Spartak Moscow
→ Shinnik Yaroslavl (loan)
→ Liepājas Metalurgs (loan)
FC Inter Baku
caps(goals) = 0 (0)
11 (0)
67 (14)
31 (0)
0 (0)
51 (4)
05 (0)
13 (0)
07 (1)
nationalyears = 1998-
nationalteam = Latvia
nationalcaps(goals) = 95 (8)
pcupdate = 19:46 February 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 19:46 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Andrejs Rubins (born November 26, 1978 in Riga Latvia) is a football midfielder from Latvia. He currently plays for Liepājas Metalurgs on loan from Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow. He also plays for the Latvia national team.

Club career

Rubins started his career in 1996 at FK Auda in the Latvian 2nd Division. The following year he moved to Sweden with Östers IF where he made 11 league appearances before moving back to Latvia in 1998 to play for FC Skonto where he made 67 appearances, scoring 14 goals. In 2000 he moved to English Football League First Division club Crystal Palace. However, he made just 31 appearances in three seasons at the club in December 2002 he moved to Russia initially to play Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League on a free transfer.Corrently playing for an Azerbaijani champions Inter Baku.cite news
title = Rubins wings his way to Spartak
publisher = UEFA
date = 2002-12-10
url = http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=46024.html
accessdate = 2008-02-03 ] However, three months later, and without playing a game he was sold to Shinnik Yaroslavl,cite news
title = Trio strengthen Spartak ranks
publisher = UEFA
date = 2003-03-12
url = http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=58413.html
accessdate = 2008-02-03 ] where he played 51 games in two seasons. In January 2005 he signed a four year contract with Spartak Moscow who were managed by former Lativan manager, Aleksandrs Starkovs.cite news
title = Rubins ready for Spartak
publisher = UEFA
date = 2005-01-05
url = http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=271586.html
accessdate = 2008-02-03 ] After struggling to settle he made just five appearances and the club sent him on loan back to Shinnik Yaroslavl in January 2006 for 12 months cite news
title = Basinas makes Mallorca move
publisher = UEFA
date = 2006-01-20
url = http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=386999.html
accessdate = 2008-02-03 ] In June 2007 he was linked with another loan move, this time with English Football League Championship club, Blackpoolcite news
title = Pool target Spartak Moscow player
publisher = Blackpool Gazette
date = 2007-06-28
url = http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sports-news/Pool-target-Spartak-Moscow-player.2988413.jp
accessdate = 2008-02-03 ] but he eventually went on loan to Latvian Virsliga club, FK Liepājas Metalurgs on 27 July for six months.cite news
title = Metalurgs bring Rubins home
publisher = UEFA
date = 2005-01-05
url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=564967.html
accessdate = 2008-02-03 ]

International career

Rubins has played 93 international matches and scored 8 goals for the Latvia national team.cite news
title = Latvia - Record International Players: Appearances for Latvia National Team
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2007-12-14
url = http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/let-recintlp.html
accessdate = 2008-02-03 ] He debuted in 1998, and played at Euro 2004.

Honours

Club
* Skonto
** Virslīga Champion (3): 1998, 1999, 2000
** Latvian Cup Winner (2): 1998, 2000
** Latvian Cup Runner-up (1): 1999

* Liepājas Metalurgs
** Virslīga Runner-up (1) 2007
** Baltic League Champion (1): 2007

References

External links

*soccerbase|17310|Andrejs Rubins
* [http://wwwnational-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=3831 Profile at national-football-teams.com]
* [http://www.lff.lv/public/?id=53&ln=lv&std_id=103 Latvian Football Federation] lv icon