Jurijs Andrejevs

Infobox Football biography
playername = Jurijs Andrejevs


fullname = Jurijs Andrejevs
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1957|1|16
cityofbirth = Riga
countryofbirth = Latvia, USSR (now Republic of Latvia)
currentclub = Liepājas Metalurgs (manager)
position = Manager
years = 1977-1978
1978-
?
?
1985
?
clubs = FK Daugava Rīga
FK Jūrnieks
FK Progress
Celtnieks Rīga
FK Alfa
Enerģija Rīga
caps(goals) =
manageryears = ?
?
2004-2005
2004-2007
2007-
managerclubs = FK Daugava Rīga
FK Pārdaugava
Skonto FC
Latvian football team
FK Liepājas Metalurgs

Jurijs Andrejevs (born 16 January, 1957 in Riga, Latvia, USSR) is a former footballer who is currently the manager of Liepājas Metalurgs. He was manager of the Latvia national team from 2004 to 2007, having succeeded Aleksandrs Starkovs in December 2004.

Club career

Andrejevs played for a number of football clubs in Riga. He started his career with Daugava Rīga. He also played for FK Jūrnieks, Progress, Celtnieks Rīga, Alfa and Enerģija Rīga. He was champion with Soviet Latvia's football team FK Alfa in 1985.

Managerial career

Club

Andrejevs has worked with FK Daugava Rīga and FK Pārdaugava. He was manager of Virslīga club Skonto from 2004 until 2005. He was assistant manger under then manager, Aleksandrs Starkovs and when he moved to Russia to manage Spartak Moscow in September 2004, Andrejevs was promoted to manager. On 11 November Skonto claimed the Virslīga title, for the 14th consecutive season, a world record.cite news
title = Skonto celebrate another success
publisher = UEFA
date = 2004-11-11
url = http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=257083.html
accessdate = 2008-02-10 ]

After Skonto lost 6-0 to Macedonian club, Rabotnički, in the 2005 Champions League First qualifying round, he resigned from the post and was replaced by English manager, Paul Ashworth.cite news
title = Skonto appoint ambitious Ashworth
publisher = UEFA
date = 2005-07-15
url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=317242.html
accessdate = 2008-02-10 ] cite news
title = Club profiles: Skonto
publisher = Baltic League
date = 2007
url = http://www.balticleague.com/clubs/Skonto/
accessdate = 2008-02-10 ] cite news
title = Andrejevs steps up at Skonto
publisher = UEFA
date = 2006-09-29
url = http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=227136.html
accessdate = 2008-02-10 ] After he was sacked as Latvia manager earlier in the year, he worked as Sporting Director at Liepājas Metalurgs and he was appointed manager in November 2007 following the resignation of Benjaminas Zelkevičius at the end of the 2007 Virslīga season, in which the club had finished second behind FK Ventspils. Andrejevs signed a two year contract with the club.cite news
title = Andrejevs in command at Metalurgs
publisher = UEFA
date = 2007-11-13
url = http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=618637.html
accessdate = 2008-02-10 ]

Latvia

Andrejevs has been Latvian national manager at various levels, including Under-16, Under-18 and Under-21.

He coached a number of famous Latvian players, when he was with the U-21 team, including Oļegs Blagonadeždins, Imants Bleidelis, Viktors Dobrecovs, Aleksandrs Isakovs, Ģirts Karlsons, Vladimirs Koļesņičenko, Aleksandrs Koļinko, Igors Korabļovs, Viktors Morozs, Marian Pahars, Andrejs Prohorenkovs, Andrejs Rubins, Genādijs Soloņicins, Igors Stepanovs, Māris Verpakovskis and Dzintars Zirnis.

He started working with the Latvia national team in 2001 as assistant to Aleksandrs Starkovs. He was assistant manager when Latvia qualified for and played in Euro 2004, held in Portugal. When Starkovs moved to Russia in 2004 with Spartak Moscow he also gave up his post as Latvia manager on 17 November and Andrejevs was promoted in his place by the Latvian Football Federationcite news
title = Latvia go-ahead for Andrejevs
publisher = UEFA
date = 2004-11-23
url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind=1/newsid=259978.html
accessdate = 2008-02-10 ] cite news
title = Andrejevs set to lead Latvia
publisher = UEFA
date = 2004-11-08
url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind=1/newsid=255697.html
accessdate = 2008-02-10 ] Latvia lost the first match with him in charge to Oman, 3-2, in Bahrain. However, Andrejevs had used the match to give fringe squad players a chance to play.cite news
title = Andrejevs suffers Oman loss
publisher = UEFA
date = 2004-12-01
url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind=1/newsid=263827.html
accessdate = 2008-02-10 ] Latvia won the King's Cup in Thailand in 2005.cite news
title = Latvia claim royal reward
publisher = UEFA
date = 2005-12-30
url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind=1/newsid=382062.html
accessdate = 2008-02-10 ] He resigned as Latvia manager following a 1-0 defeat on 28 March 2007 to Liechenstein in a Euro 2008 qualifying match.cite news
title = Andrejevs quits Latvia cause
publisher = UEFA
date = 2007-03-30
url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/news/kind=1/newsid=5217866.html
accessdate = 2008-02-10 ] It was only Liechtensteins second ever win in the competitioncite news
title = Liechtenstein savour rare success
publisher = UEFA
date = 2007-03-28
url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/fixturesresults/round=2241/match=83723/index.html
accessdate = 2008-02-10 ]

Some of the players who made their international debut when he was manager of the national team were - Deniss Romanovs, Antons Jemeļins, Aleksejs Višņakovs, Oskars Kļava, Kaspars Gorkšs, Deniss Kačanovs and Deniss Ivanovs.

Honours

Club

*FK Alfa
**Latvian league Champion (1): 1985

Managerial

*Skonto
** Virslīga champion (1): 2004
**Latvian football Cup finalist (1): 2004
**Livonia Cup winners (2): 2004, 2005

*Latvia national team
**King's Cup (1): 2005

References

External links

* [http://sport.metalurgs.lv/eng/football/index.html Official Liepājas Metalurgs website] en icon lv icon ru icon