Oļegs Laizāns

Not to be confused with Juris Laizāns.

Oļegs Laizāns

Oļegs Laizāns in training
Personal information
Full name	Oļegs Laizāns
Date of birth	28 March 1987 (1987-03-28) (age 24)
Place of birth	Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR (now Republic of Latvia)
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FK Ventspils
Number	14
Youth career
	JFC Skonto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005-2011	Skonto Riga	56	(11)
2010	→ Lechia Gdańsk (loan)	8	(1)
2010	→ FB Gulbene-2005 (loan)	7	(4)
2011-	FK Ventspils	30	(3)
National team‡
	Latvia U-19
	Latvia U-21
2011-	Latvia	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 November, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November, 2011

Oļegs Laizāns (born 28 March 1987) is a Latvian football midfielder, currently playing for FK Ventspils in the Latvian Higher League and Latvia national football team.^[1]

Club Career

Early Carreer, Skonto and loans

As a youth player Oļegs Laizāns played for JFC Skonto, being taken to the first team in 2005. He played there for 5 and a half years, being loaned to the Polish Ekstraklasa club Lechia Gdańsk and Latvian First League team FB Gulbene-2005 in 2010^[2]. While being on loans, Laizāns played 8 matches and scored 1 goal in Poland, whilst in Latvia he played 7 games and managed to net the ball 4 times.^[3] In 2010 he helped FB Gulbene-2005 to win the Latvian First League championship and qualify for the Latvian Higher League for the first time in the history of the club. In 2006 he was named the best young player of the year. All in all over those 5 and a half years Laizāns played 56 matches, scoring 11 goals for Skonto Riga in the Latvian football championship, being released at the start of 2011. With Skonto he grabbed the second place of the league in 2005 and also became the runner-up of the Latvian Cup in 2006, but he didn't manage to win any major trophies.

FK Ventspils

At the start of 2011, after some ups-and-downs in the football career, Oļegs was signed by another Latvian Higher League club FK Ventspils, who were completing their squad for the upcoming season.^[4] Right after joining Laizāns proved his ability, becoming a first eleven player. All in all he played 30 matches that season and scored 3 goals, also being elected the captain of the team. This year turned out to be really lucky, as he not only managed to become the champion of the league but also won the Latvian Cup.^[5] After a very good season he was included in both - LFF and sportacentrs.com championship all-star teams and was also named the biggest surprise of the season by fans via sportacentrs.com.^[6]

International Career

Oļegs Laizāns has represented Latvia at all youth level national teams and received his first call-up for the national team in 2011 for a friendly match against Finland on August 10.^[7] As of November, 2011 he has played 5 matches, scoring no goals yet.^[8]

Honours

Skonto Riga

• Best young player of the year
  • 2006

FB Gulbene-2005

• Latvian First League champion
  • 2010

FK Ventspils

• Latvian champion
  • 2011
• Latvian Cup winner
  • 2011

References

1. ^ http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/olegs-laizans/profil/spieler_60938.html
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/olegs-laizans/leistungsdaten/spieler_60938.html
4. ^ http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/08022011-o_laizans_pievienojas_ventspilim
5. ^ http://www.lff.lv/lv/virsliga
6. ^ http://f1.sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/17112011-sportacentrs_com_virsligas_simboliska_izl
7. ^ http://www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/speletaji/olegslaizans/
8. ^ http://www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/speletaji/

External links

• Player's profile transfermarkt.co.uk.
• Player's profile fkventspils.lv.

Persondata
Name	Laizans, Olegs
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	28 March 1987
Place of birth	Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR (now Republic of Latvia)
Date of death
Place of death