Aivars Drupass

Football player infobox
playername= Aivars Drupass


fullname = Aivars Drupass
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1963|8|3
cityofbirth = Riga
countryofbirth = Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
height = height|meter=1.75
currentclub = deceased
position = Striker
years = 1982
1984
1985
1986-1990
1991
1992
clubs = FK Daugava Rīga
SKA Khabarovsk
CSKA Moscow
FK Daugava Rīga
FC Karpaty Lviv
FC Skonto
| caps(goals) = 0 1 (0)(49)
037 (8)
021 (1)
0177 (37)
015 (4)
02 (0)
nationalyears = 1992
nationalteam =Latvia
nationalcaps(goals) = 04 (1)

Aivars Drupass (1963-1999) was a Latvian football forward.

Playing career

At the age of 18 the talented forward who was previously coached by the legendary Latvian footballer Gunārs Ulmanis joined FK Daugava Rīga. In his first season for Daugava he played in just one game. Since he had to join the army, for several years Drupass played in army clubs - SKA Khabarovsk and CSKA Moscow but in 1986 he was back in Daugava (6 goals in 33 matches). [ [http://klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=ln&lang=ru&id=042361510984891 Drupass statistics in Soviet leagues] ] . In 1992 he played 2 games for FC Skonto, the Latvian champion. Drupass also made 4 international appearances for Latvia (including in the first international match for Latvia after regaining of independence). He died from a serious illness at the age of just 36 years.

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