Deniss Ivanovs

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Deniss Ivanovs
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Ivanovs playing for Latvia
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-01-11) 11 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Liepāja, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Liepājas Metalurgs
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2009 Liepājas Metalurgs 187 (9)
2009–2010 Ajax Cape Town 21 (0)
2010–2011 Sivasspor 16 (0)
2011–2013 Baku 49 (3)
2014 Botoșani 8 (0)
2014 Liepāja 11 (0)
2015 Nyíregyháza Spartacus 9 (0)
2015–2020 Liepāja 90 (1)
International career
2003–2005 Latvia U-21
2005–2013 Latvia 60 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Deniss Ivanovs (born 11 January 1984) is a Latvian former footballer who played as a defender.

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Club career

Born in Liepāja, Ivanovs played in the youth team of local club Liepājas Metalurgs. Making his senior team debut in 2001, he played 9 seasons for Metalurgs, appearing in 187 league matches, scoring 9 goals, and eventually serving as captain.

In July 2009 Ivanovs went on trial with Dutch Eredivisie club, Ajax Amsterdam. [1] He did not make the team but a month later, on 26 August 2009, he signed a three-year contract with their farm-club Ajax Cape Town of the South African Premier Soccer League. [2] He played there for one season, making 21 appearances.

In July 2010 Ivanovs moved to Turkey, signing a two-year contract with the Süper Lig club Sivasspor. [3] His debut came in a league match against Galatasaray which Sivasspor won 2–1. Ivanovs played all 90 minutes and received a yellow card. [4] He appeared in 16 league matches but lost his place in the starting eleven in mid-season due to an injury. With his playing time limited, Ivanovs left Sivasspor at the end of the season.

In July 2011 Ivanovs joined the Azerbaijan Premier League club, FK Baku, with his national team teammate Māris Verpakovskis and manager Aleksandrs Starkovs. [5] He played there for two seasons, winning the Azerbaijan Cup in 2012. Ivanovs was released by Baku at the end of the 2012–13 season. [6]

In February 2014 Ivanovs joined the Romanian Liga I side FC Botoșani, [7] appearing on 8 matches before leaving in mid-summer. In August 2014, after a five-year absence, Ivanovs returned to the Latvian Higher League, joining newly established FK Liepāja. [8] After a brief spell in the winter of 2015 with Nyíregyháza Spartacus in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, he went back to FK Liepāja where he was the captain of the team for the 2020 Latvian Higher League season. Ivanovs is individually sponsored by the company NPK Expert. [9]

Ivanovs retired in November 2020, playing his last game for FK Liepāja. [10]

International career

Ivanovs made his debut for Latvia at the age of 21, on 24 December 2005, in a King's Cup match against Thailand. [11] He became a first eleven player in 2007. Ivanovs scored his first international goal on 26 March 2008 in a friendly match against Andorra. [12] On 19 June 2010, for a Baltic Cup match against Estonia, Ivanovs was named captain of the team. [13] As of 2015, he has collected 60 international caps and scored 2 goals.

Career statistics

As of 18 January 2015 [14]
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2001 Liepājas Metalurgs Latvian Higher League 10-10
2002 26021281
2003 24000240
2004 19030220
2005 28040320
2006 23221253
2007 27242314
2008 20400204
2009 19120211
2009–10 Ajax Cape Town ABSA Premiership 210-210
2010–11 Sivasspor Süper Lig 16010-170
2011–12 [15] FK Baku Azerbaijan Premier League 31350-363
2012–13 [16] 1802020220
2013–14 FC Botoșani Liga I 8080
2014 FK Liepāja Latvian Higher League 110110
2014–15 Nyíregyháza Spartacus Nemzeti Bajnokság 9020110
2015 FK Liepāja Latvian Higher League 14100141
2016 2001020230
2017 1904010240
2018 1101010130
2019 2601040310
2020 20000020
TotalLatvia290107025432214
South Africa21000210
Turkey1631000170
Azerbaijan4933000583
Romania80000080
Hungary902000110
Career total3931613025443120

Honours

Club

International

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