Deniss Ivanovs

Deniss Ivanovs

Personal information
Full name	Deniss Ivanovs
Date of birth	11 January 1984 (1984-01-11) (age 27)
Place of birth	Liepāja, Latvian SSR, USSR (now Republic of Latvia)
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	FK Baku
Number	3
Youth career
	Liepājas Metalurgs
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2009	Liepājas Metalurgs	125	(6)
2009–2010	Ajax Cape Town FC	21	(0)
2010–2011	Sivasspor	16	(0)
2011-	FK Baku	9	(1)
National team‡
2003–2005	Latvia U-21	1	(0)
2003–present	Latvia	36	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:57 1 February 2008. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:57 14 September 2008

Deniss Ivanovs (born 11 January 1984 in Liepāja) is a football defender from Latvia who currently plays for FK Baku in the Azerbaijan Premier League.

Club career

Ivanovs has played all his career at Metalurgs where he made his debut in 2001. On 19 July 2006 Ivanovs scored a penalty for Metalurgs in their 1–1 draw away at Kazakhstan club, FC Aktobe in the UEFA Champions League 2006-07 first qualifying round.^[1] On 16 August 2007 he scored for Metalurgs in their 3–2 win over Swedish club, AIK in their 2007-08 UEFA Cup second qualifying round match.^[2]

On 26 August 2009 Ivanovs signed a three year contract with Ajax Cape Town FC.^[3]

In July 2010 he left Ajax, signing a two-year contract with the Turkcell Super League club Sivasspor. He debuted in Sivasspor jersey in a match against Galatasaray S.K. (football team). Ivanovs played all 90 minutes and Sivasspor won the match 2–1, and he collected a yellow card.

In July 2011 Ivanovs left Sivasspor, signing a contract with the Azerbaijan Premier League club FK Baku.

International career

Ivanovs first call up to the national team came in June 2003 when he only 19 years old when he was named by Latvia coach Aleksandrs Starkovs in a 24 man squad for the Baltic Cup held in Estonia.^[4] On 20 May 2005 Ivanovs played for the Latvia Under-21 team in a 1–1 draw with Lithuania.^[5] His next call up to the Latvia national team came on 4 August 2005 when he was picked by Latvia coach Jurijs Andrejevs for the Latvian squad for the 2006 FIFA World cup qualifying match at home to Russia on 17 August.^[6] On 3 September he scored in Latvia U21's 3–1 win over Estonia U-21's^[6]

Honours

Club

• Virsliga champion: (1) 2005
• Virsliga runner-up: (4) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Latvian Cup winner: (1) 2006
• Baltic League winner: (1) 2007

References

1. ^ "Northern lights shine brightly". UEFA. 2006-07-19. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=437959.html. Retrieved 2008-02-01. 
2. ^ "Star turns for Laursen and Larsson". UEFA. 2007-08-16. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=572163.html. Retrieved 2008-02-01. 
3. ^ PSL/ABSA Premiership 2009/2010 Player Transfers
4. ^ "Latvia name Baltic Cup squad". UEFA. 2003-06-29. http://www.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=77933.html. Retrieved 2008-02-01. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Lithuanian Youth News". Lithuanian Soccer: History & Statistics. 2005. http://www2.omnitel.net/almis/ltuyouthnews2005.html. Retrieved 2007-08-27. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "Match report: Latvia party lacking firepower". UEFA. 2005-08-04. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/fixturesresults/round=1910/match=74308/report=rp.html. Retrieved 2008-02-01. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Deniss Ivanovs career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
Name	Ivanovs, Deniss
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	11 January 1984
Place of birth	Liepāja, Latvia, USSR (now Republic of Latvia)
Date of death
Place of death