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Kaspars Dubra
Personal information
Full name Kaspars Dubra
Date of birth (1990-12-20) 20 December 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Panevėžys
Number 4
Youth career
1997–2007 Skonto Riga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Skonto Riga 26 (6)
2008 → Olimps (loan) 25 (2)
2009 → Olimps (loan) 9 (1)
2012 Polonia Bytom 4 (0)
2012–2014 Ventspils 80 (7)
2015–2017 BATE Borisov 42 (5)
2017–2018 RFS 34 (4)
2019 Irtysh Pavlodar 12 (0)
2019–2022 Oleksandriya 57 (2)
2022–2023 RFS 21 (0)
2023– Panevėžys 46 (4)
International career‡
2007–2010 Latvia U19 8 (2)
2009–2012 Latvia U21 10 (1)
2013 Latvia U23 2 (1)
2010– Latvia 62 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023

Kaspars Dubra (born 20 December 1990) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a defender for A Lyga club Panevėžys and the Latvian national team.[1] He can play as a centre-back or a defensive midfielder.

Club career

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Skonto Riga

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Dubra started playing football at the age of seven, as a youth player he played for Skonto Riga academy JFC Skonto. In 2007, he was taken to the first team by that time manager Paul Ashworth, but didn't appear on the pitch that season.

Before the start of the 2008 season Dubra was loaned out to another Latvian Higher League club located in Riga JFK Olimps. He played 25 matches through the season and managed to score twice. In 2009 Dubra was taken back to Skonto, but, playing only one match, was once again loaned to Olimps, playing 9 games and scoring once during this loan spell.

In 2010, Dubra was one of several Olimps players to be taken to Skonto by the club's new manager Aleksandrs Starkovs. Dubra made a surprisingly good impact and earned himself a place in the starting line-up right after joining. Being one of the best defenders in the league during the season, all in all he made 19 appearances and scored 5 goals for Skonto and helped his team become the champions of Latvian Higher League. In July 2010 he was named the best player of the month, being the only defender to receive this award during the season.[2] At the end of the season he was included in the team of the tournament. In November 2010 Dubra went on trial with the English Premier League club Blackpool.[3]

In 2011, Dubra suffered from a serious injury and managed to return to the pitch only at the end of the season, playing only 6 league matches.[4] On 1 January his contract with Skonto Riga expired, and Kaspars went on trial with the English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, Kaspars has left a good impression on Mick McCarthy coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers, but his agent couldn't agree on a deal.[5]

Polonia Bytom

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Being linked with several Polish, Russian and Ukrainian clubs, Dubra signed with Polish I liga club Polonia Bytom for a one-and-a-half-year contract with them in February 2012. After playing just 4 league games in July 2012 he terminated the contract with Polonia Bytom.[6]

FK Ventspils

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In July 2012, he joined the Latvian Higher League club FK Ventspils. He signed a contract till June 2015.[citation needed]

In May 2013, Dubra scored a goal against FK Liepājas Metalurgs and brought victory in the cup final in Latvia.[7]

Irtysh Pavlodar

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On 4 January 2019, Dubra joined Kazakh club FC Irtysh Pavlodar.[8] On 3 July 2019, Dubra was released by Irtysh Pavlodar.[9]

FK Panevėžys

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On 17 June 2023, Dubra joined Lithuanian club Panevėžys, on a contract until 31 December 2024.[10]

International career

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Dubra is a current member of Latvia. He also played for Latvia U-21 and Latvia U-19. Kaspars was firstly called up to Latvia national football team by coach Aleksandrs Starkovs for a friendly match in Kunming against China on 17 November 2010.[11] He made his debut, being just 19 years old, coming on as a substitute in the 90th minute.[12] Kaspars played all game against Lithuania in Baltic Cup 2014 final. Latvia won the Baltic Cup.

Career statistics

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As of 22 June 2018[13]
Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Club Season League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Olimps (loan) 2008 Virslīga 25 2 — 1 0 — 26 2
2009 Virslīga 9 1 — — — 9 1
Total 34 3 — 1 0 — 35 3
Skonto 2009 Virslīga 1 0 — — — 1 0
2010 Virslīga 19 6 — 2 0 3[a] 1 24 8
2011 Virslīga 6 0 — — 2[b] 0 8 0
Total 25 6 — 2 0 5 1 32 8
Polonia Bytom 2011–12 I liga 4 0 — — — 4 0
Ventspils 2012 Virslīga 17 0 — — — 17 0
2013 Virslīga 27 4 3 1 6 0 — 36 5
2014 Virslīga 36 3 2 1 2 0 — 40 4
Total 80 7 5 2 8 0 — 93 9
BATE Borisov 2015 Belarusian Premier League 9 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 19 0
2016 Belarusian Premier League 16 5 1 0 2 0 1[c] 0 20 5
Total 25 5 4 0 9 0 1 0 39 2
RFS 2017 Virslīga 11 0 2 1 — — 13 1
2018 Virslīga 12 4 0 0 — — 12 4
Total 23 4 2 1 — — 25 5
Career total 192 25 11 3 20 0 6 1 229 29
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Baltic League
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Baltic Champions Cup
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Belarusian Super Cup

International goals

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Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first.[4]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 March 2016 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar  Gibraltar 2–0 5–0 Friendly
2. 28 May 2018 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania 1–0 1–1 2018 Baltic Cup
3. 11 November 2020 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino  San Marino 2–0 3–0 Friendly

Honours

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Skonto Riga

Ventspils

BATE Borisov

Panevėžys

Latvia

Individual

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  • Latvian Higher League Player of the Month: June 2010
  • Latvian Higher League Best Defender: 2014

References

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  1. ^ Kaspars Dubra at Soccerway
  2. ^ "LFF: LMT Virslīga: Kaspars Dubra atzīts par labāko spēlētāju JŪLIJĀ". Lff.lv. 20 December 1990. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  3. ^ ""Skonto" aizsargs Dubra stažēsies "Blackpool"". Kasjauns.lv. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com.
  5. ^ "Kaspars Dubra uz pārbaudes laiku pievienojas Anglijas premjerlīgas klubam 'Wanderers' - DELFI". Sports.delfi.lv. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Oficiāli: Dubram līgums ar Polijas 1. līgas klubu Bitomas "Polonia" – Leģionāri – Futbols –". Sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  7. ^ Korolev, Mikhail (18 May 2013). "Ventspils victorious in Latvian Cup final". UEFA.com. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  8. ^ Dubra spēlēs Kazahstānā, la.lv, 4 January 2019
  9. ^ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: КАНЬЯС, МИРОСАВЛЕВ И ДУБРА ПОКИНУЛИ ФК ERTIS". fcirtysh.kz/ (in Russian). FC Irtysh Pavlodar. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Atvyko Latvijos rinktinės gynėjas". fk-panevezys.lt (in Lithuanian). FK Panevėžys. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  11. ^ "LFF: Starkovs izsauc 18 kandidātus Ķīnas mačam". Lff.lv. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  12. ^ "Latvijas futbola federācija". lff.lv. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  13. ^ "K.Dubra". uk.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
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