Dzintars Sproģis

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Dzintars Sproģis
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-05-31) 31 May 1971 (age 50)
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
RFSh Riga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988 Zvejnieks Liepāja 1 (0)
1988 FC Latviya-Molodyozhnaya Riga
1989 FC Daugava Riga 3 (0)
1989–1991 RAF Jelgava 84 (1)
1992 FC Kompar-Daugava Rīga 14 (3)
1992–1993 K. Tesamen Hogerop Diest
1994 FK DAG 21 (3)
1995 FC Kolos Krasnodar 19 (0)
1995 RAF Jelgava 10 (0)
1996 FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin 7 (0)
1997 FK Liepājas Metalurgs 21 (1)
1998 LU/Daugava Rīga 22 (2)
1999 FC Universitāte Rīga 24 (0)
1999–2000 FK Rīga 47 (3)
2002 FC Kaisar 7 (0)
2002 FK Rīga 9 (0)
National team
1992–1998 Latvia 20 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Dzintars Sproģis (born 13 May 1971) is a former Latvian football defender. Sproģis was recognized as the best defender in the first season of Virslīga.

Playing biography[]

Dzintars Sproģis came from a sporting family - his father Aivars played for and Dzintars' older brother 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 to RAF Jelgava in 1989. In 1989, he also made a debut with Daugava Rīga. With RAF he played in lower Soviet leagues. In the first Virslīga season Dzintars joined former Daugava head coach Jānis Skredelis with Kompar-Daugava but in 1993 he went to play abroad - with KTH Diest in Belgium. In 1994 Sproģis returned to Latvia where with FC DAG Rīga he won the bronze medals of Virslīga and reached the Latvian Cup final.

In 1995 and 1996 Sproģis played in Russia - first with Kolos Krasnodar, then with Tekstilshchik Kamyshin. When Tekstilshchik was relegated from the top division Sproģis returned to Liepāja where his career had started and joined Baltika 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 formed FK Rīga (which was formed on the basis of Daugava/LU) with which he won the Latvian Cup in 1999. His last club was FC Kaisar in Kazakhstan. In 2002 Dzintars Sproģis finished his playing career.

Sproģis also played 23 international matches for Latvia national football team from 1992 to 1998.[1] His international debut came in Latvia's first match after it regained independence - a loss of 0:2 against Romania in a friendly match.[2] His last match for Latvia was also a friendly game 2:0 win against Andorra in Pärnu, Estonia.[3]

Honours[]

References[]

  1. ^ Dzintars Sproģis at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ Latvia international match protocols from 1992
  3. ^ Latvia international match protocols from 1998
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