- Dzintars Sproģis
Dzintars Sproģis (born
May 13 ,1971 ) is a formerLatvia n football defender. Sproģis was recognized as the best defender in the first season ofVirslīga .Playing biography
Dzintars Sproģis came from a sporting family - his father Aivars played for
Darba rezerves and Dzintars' older brotherHaralds Sproģis was also a footballer with whom Dzintars played together in several clubs.The first club that Dzintars played with was
Zvejnieks Liepāja in 1988 (at the age of just 17) from which he moved toRAF Jelgava in 1989. In 1989 he also made a debut withDaugava Rīga . With RAF he played in lower Soviet leagues. In the firstVirslīga season Dzintars joined former Daugava head coachJānis Skredelis withKompar-Daugava but in 1993 he went to play abroad - withKTH Diest inBelgium . In 1994 Sproģis returned to Latvia where withFC DAG Rīga he won the bronze medals of Virslīga and reached theLatvian Cup final.In 1995 and 1996 Sproģis played in
Russia - first withKolos Krasnodar , then withTekstilshchik Kamyshin . When Tekstilshchik was relegated from the top division Sproģis returned toLiepāja where his career had started and joinedBaltika Liepāja . In 1998 Sproģis was already in another club - he had joined Daugava/LU which performed rather poorly and in 1999 Sproģis changed the club again - he joined the newly formedFK Rīga (which was formed on the basis of Daugava/LU) with which he won theLatvian Cup in 1999. His last club wasFC Kaisar inKazakhstan [ [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=16547 List of clubs Sproģis played with] ] . In 2002 Dzintars Sproģis finished his playing career.Sproģis also played 23 international matches for
Latvia national football team from 1992 to 1998. His international debut came in Latvia's first match after it regained independence - a loss of 0:2 agains Romania in a friendly match [ [http://www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/vesture/1992/ Latvia international match protocols from 1992] ] . His last match for Latvia was also a friendly game 2:0 win against Andorra inParnu ,Estonia [ [http://www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/vesture/1998/ Latvia international match protocols from 1998] ] .Honours
* Best defender in the Latvian league - 1 (1992)
References
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