Aleksejs Krucs

Football player infobox
playername = Aleksejs Krucs
fullname = Aleksejs Krucs


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|2|1
cityofbirth = Rēzekne
countryofbirth = Latvia, USSR (now Republic of Latvia)
height = 1.97 m
currentclub = FK Liepājas Metalurgs
clubnumber = 1
position = Goalkeeper
nickname =
youthyears =
youthclubs = FK Vairogs Rēzekne
years = ?
?-2000
2000-2001
2001-2004
clubs = FK Vairogs Rēzekne
FK Universitāte
FK Rīga
FK Liepājas Metalurgs
caps(goals) = 0? (?)
0? (?)
0? (?)
31 (0)
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nationalteam =
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pcupdate = 03:05 26 January 2008 (UTC)
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Aleksejs Krucs (born February 1, 1976 in Rēzekne) is a Latvian footballer. He plays as a goalkeeper and his current club is FK Liepājas Metalurgs.

Club career

Krucs began his career at FK Vairogs Rēzekne where he played for the youth team before playing for the first team. He then moved to Riga to play for FK Universitāte where he stayed until 2000 when he moved to FK Rīga. In 2001 he moved to Liepājas Metalurgs. On 15 August, 2002 Krucs played against Austrian club FC Kärnten in a UEFA Cup 2002-03 qualifying round match which Kärnten won 2-0.cite news
title = Kärnten beat ten-man Metalurgs
publisher = UEFA
date = 2002-08-15
url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=2002/round=1625/match=69730/report=rp.html
accessdate = 2008-01-25 ]

On 14 August, 2003 he played in Metlaurgs UEFA Cup 2003-04 qualifying round match against Dinamo Bucureşti. Although Metalurtgs lost 5-2, Krucs was described as having an impressive match, foling the home side from scoring further goals.cite news
title = Dinamo recover with late strikes
publisher = UEFA
date = 2002-08-15
url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=2003/round=1717/match=71305/report=rp.html
accessdate = 2008-01-25 ]

International career

On 11 November, 2002 Krucs was one of four goalkeepers called up by national coach, Aleksandrs Starkovs, to the 24 man Latvian squad for a UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying match against SanMarino.cite news
title = Starkovs plays it safe
publisher = UEFA
date = 2002-11-11
url = http://www.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=41767.html
accessdate = 2008-01-26 ] However, on 19 November he was dropped from the squad when it was trimmed down to 19 players.cite news
title = Bobic back for Germany
publisher = UEFA
date = 2002-11-19
url = http://www.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=43120.html
accessdate = 2008-01-26 ]

Honours

Club
*Virsliga Champions (1): 2005
* Virsliga Runners-up (3): 2003, 2004, 2006
* Latvian Cup Winners (1): 2006
* Baltic League Champions (1): 2007

References

External links

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