Genādijs Soloņicins

Football player infobox
playername = Genādijs Soloņicins
fullname = Genādijs Soloņicins


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|1|3
cityofbirth = Liepāja
countryofbirth = Latvia, USSR (now Republic of Latvia)
height = 1.81 m
currentclub = Liepājas Metalurgs
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
nickname =
youthyears =
youthclubs = Liepājas Metalurgs
years = 1997-
clubs = Liepājas Metalurgs
caps(goals) = 220 (39)
nationalyears = 2000-
nationalteam = Latvia
nationalcaps(goals) = 29 (1)
pcupdate = 01:25 7 February 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 01:25 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Genādijs Soloņicins (born 3 January, 1980 in Liepāja, Latvia) is a football midfielder from Latvia. He currently plays for FK Liepājas Metalurgs.

Club career

Soloņicins has been at Liepājas Metalurgs his entire career, making his debut in 1997. In the penultimate match of the 2004 Virslīga season he missed a crucial last minute penalty in a 3-2 loss to FC Skonto meaning the club lost out to Skonto on becoming Latvian Champions. However, the following season, Soloņicins was part of the Liepājas Metalurgs team that finally broke Skonto's 14 year reign over Latvian football when they became Virslīga champions in October 2005.cite news
title = Metalurgs claim maiden championship
publisher = UEFA
date = 2006-10-07
url = http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=349723.html
accessdate = 2008-02-07 ] In December he was named the Virslīgas best Midfielder of the 2005 season.cite news
title = Stepanovs savours Latvian accolade
publisher = UEFA
date = 2005-12-15
url = http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=380137.html
accessdate = 2008-02-07 ]

International career

Soloņicins has made eleven appearances for the Latvian national team.

Honours

* Virslīga winner (1): 2005
* Virslīga runner-up (6): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
* Latvian Cup winner (1): 2006
* Baltic League winner (1): 2007

References

External links

* [http://www.lff.lv/lv/aizelase/speltaji/solonicins/ Profile at Latvian Football Federation] lv icon