Dmitrijs Zelenkovs

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Dmitrijs Zelenkovs
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Personal information
Full name Dmitrijs Zelenkovs
Date of birth (2000-05-15) 15 May 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Rēzekne, Latvia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder, Left-Back
Team information
Current team
 FK RFS
Number 18
Youth career
FK Liepājas Metalurgs
-2016 FK Metta
2016-2019 Empoli FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019-2020 Empoli FC 0 (0)
2021-2022 FK Metta 11 (0)
2022 Montespaccato Calcio 6 (0)
2022- FK RFS 79 (7)
International career‡
2016-2017 Latvia U17 3
2018-2019 Latvia U19 3 (1)
2019-2023 Latvia U21 13 (0)
2023- Latvia 19 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 October 2025

Dmitrijs Zelenkovs (born 15 May 2000) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Latvian First League club FK RFS and the Latvia national football team.

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Club career

He was a youth player of Liepāja Metalurga and FK Metta, before moving to the Empoli Youth Academy in 2016. [2] [3] Zelenkovs played a total of 90 games for Youth Empoli FC, had seven goals and six assists. [4] But he did not manage to make an professional appearance in Serie B and Serie A. [4]

In 2021, Zelenkov returned to FK Metta and made his debut in the Latvian First League, played 11 games. [4] [5]

In 2022, he joined Serie D club Montespaccato Calcio. [3] In the same year, Zelenkov returned to Latvia, he trained with FK RFS for one month before joining the club. [6] [7] [8] In 2023, he became a champion with RFS in the 2023 Latvian Higher League season. The club was then extended his contract to 2027. [9] [10]

International career

Zelenkov has been called up for several Latvian national youth levels such as U16, [11] U17, [12] U19, [13] U21. [14] In June 2023, he was called up to the Latvian national football team for the Euro 2024. [15] On 18 November 2023, he made his debut for the Latvian national team, in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Croatia. [16]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 October 2025 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1–12–2 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Achievements

RFS

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Dmitrijs Zelenkovs". FK RFS official website. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  2. ↑ "Zelenkovs par jauno pozīciju izlasē, aģentu Itālijā un "Galatasaray"". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2024-09-23. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  3. 1 2 Stampa, Ufficio (2022-01-28). "Il Montespaccato bissa: dopo Cellamare arriva il lettone ex Empoli Zelenkovs". www.gazzettaregionale.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  4. 1 2 3 LETA (2021-03-11). "Futbolists Zelenkovs atgriežas "Metta" komandā". Sportazinas.com. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  5. ↑ "Dmitrijs Zelenkovs un Kristofers Rēķis par debiju Virslīgā". FS Metta. 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  6. ↑ "Zelenkovs atgriežas Latvijā un pievienojas čempionei RFS". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  7. ↑ Jakelis, Paulius (2022-07-22). "RFS pievienojas D.Zelenkovs". FC RFS (in Latvian). Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  8. ↑ LETA (2022-07-22). "RFS sastāvu papildina ar pussargu Zelenkovu". Sportazinas.com. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  9. ↑ "RFS pagarina līgumu ar talantīgo latviešu pussargu Dmitriju Zelenkovu". jauns.lv (in Latvian). 2024-12-19. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  10. ↑ LETA (2024-12-19). "RFS pagarina līgumu ar Latvijas izlases pussargu". Sportazinas.com. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  11. ↑ "Latvijas U-16 izlasei pret Lietuvu neizšķirts un zaudējums". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  12. ↑ "Latvijas U-17 izlase apspēlē Moldovu un iegūst trešo vietu grupā". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  13. ↑ "Latvijas U19 izlase, gatavojoties Eiropas kvalifikācijai, uzvar Grieķiju". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  14. ↑ "U21 izlases kandidātos četri leģionāri, visplašāk pārstāvēta "Valmiera"". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  15. ↑ "Latvijas izlasē četri jaunpienācēji". LFF.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  16. ↑ "Pirmo reizi uz Latvijas izlasi izsaukti Vapne un Orols, atgriežas Ķigurs". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  17. ↑ "Дмитрий Зеленков - воспитанник резекненского футбола среди лучших! - НОВОСТИ РЕЗЕКНЕ - www.46.lv". www.46.lv. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
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