External links
- Vladimirs Bespalovs at National-Football-Teams.com
- Vladimirs Bespalovs at imscouting.com
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vladimirs Bespalovs | ||
| Date of birth | 22 June 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Ventspils, Latvia, USSR (now Republic of Latvia) | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender, Right-back, Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2005 | OC Ventspils | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | FK Ventspils-2 | 31 | (3) |
| 2006–2012 | FK Ventspils | 28 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Latvia U-19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010 | Latvia U-21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | Latvia | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 March 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2013 | |||
Vladimirs Bespalovs (born 22 June 1988 in Ventspils) is a Latvian professional footballer, who last played for FK Ventspils in the Latvian Higher League.
Bespalovs has represented his country at the U-21 level and has played one match in the full international level. He was firstly called up to the national team for a friendly match against China on 17 November 2010.
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