Oskars Kļava

Latvian footballer

Oskars Kļava
Kļava with Khimki in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-08-08) 8 August 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Liepāja, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Spartaks Jūrmala (manager)
Youth career
Liepājas Metalurgs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2010 Liepājas Metalurgs 189 (7)
2010–2012 Anzhi Makhachkala 11 (0)
2011 → Khimki (loan) 11 (0)
2012 Liepājas Metalurgs 14 (2)
2012–2015 AZAL 85 (3)
2015–2017 Liepāja 59 (7)
International career
2002–2004 Latvia U-21
2005–2013 Latvia 65 (1)
Managerial career
2022– Spartaks Jūrmala
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oskars Kļava (born 8 August 1983) is a Latvian football coach and a former defender. He is the manager of Spartaks Jūrmala.

Career

Club

Kļava was born in Liepāja. As a youth player he played for his local club Liepājas Metalurgs, making his first-team debut in 2002. That year he also made his Euro competitions' debut and was sent off against the Austrian club FC Kärnten in a 2002–03 UEFA Cup qualifying round match, which Kärnten won 2–0 on 15 August 2002.[1] With the number of appearances growing each season, Kļava played in Liepāja for 9 seasons. He became a first eleven player in 2005. In January 2008 Kļava went on trial with Football League One side Leeds United in England.[2] He left Metalurgs in 2010, having played 189 league matches, scoring 7 goals.

In June 2010 Kļava went on trial with the Russian Premier League club Anzhi Makhachkala and signed a three-year contract with them in August the same year.[3] He was given the nr. 83 jersey at the club and, despite his surname being Kļava, he had his name Oskars written on it. He made his Premier League debut in the 17th round match against CSKA Moscow, coming on as a substitute on 15 August 2010.[4] In his first season in Makhachkala Kļava appeared in 11 Premier League matches, as well as 12 reserve team games, scoring 1 goal.[5] He lost his place in the starting line-up after the arrival of the Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos.

In August 2011 Kļava was given to the Russian First Division club FK Khimki on a half-year loan.[6] Having played 11 matches there, he returned to Anzhi at the end of 2011. Before the start of the 2012 season Kļava rejoined his home-town club Liepājas Metalurgs playing in the Latvian Higher League.[7] He scored 2 goals in 14 league matches.

In July 2012 Kļava signed a contract with the Azerbaijan Premier League club AZAL.[8] In his first two seasons with the club Kļava appeared in 57 league matches and scored 2 goals.

International

Kļava was a member of Latvian U-21 team. He made his international debut for the senior side in 2005 in a 1–1 draw against Thailand under that time national team's manager Jurijs Andrejevs, who had picked him up for a tournament in Bahrain.[9] Kļava scored his first international goal in October 2007 against Iceland.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 November 2017[11][12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liepājas Metalurgs 2002 Virsliga 17 0 0 0 - 17 0
2003 17 0 0 0 - 17 0
2004 16 1 0 0 - 16 1
2005 25 0 0 0 - 25 0
2006 27 1 4 0 - 31 1
2007 24 1 0 0 - 24 1
2008 24 2 4 0 - 28 2
2009 27 2 2 0 - 29 2
2010 12 0 2 0 - 14 0
Total 189 7 12 0 - - 201 7
Anzhi Makhachkala 2010 Russian Premier League 10 0 0 0 - - 10 0
2011–12 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Total 10 0 0 0 - - - - 10 0
Khimki (loan) 2011–12 Russian National League 11 0 0 0 – – 11 0
AZAL 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League 25 2 1 0 – – 26 2
2013–14 32 0 1 0 – – 33 0
2014–15 28 1 3 0 – – 31 1
Total 85 3 5 0 - - - - 90 3
Liepāja 2015 Virslīga 13 0 2 0 – – 15 0
2016 24 6 1 0 2 0 – 27 6
2017 22 1 4 0 2 0 – 28 1
Total 59 7 7 0 4 0 - - 70 7
Career total 354 17 12 0 16 0 - - 382 17

International

Source:[12]
Latvia national team
Year Apps Goals
2005 3 0
2006 5 0
2007 11 1
2008 7 0
2009 8 0
2010 8 0
2011 7 0
2012 8 0
2013 4 0
Total 61 1

International goals

Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first.
As of match played 13 October 2007[12]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 13 October 2007 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Iceland 1–1 4–2 Euro 2008 qualification [13]

Honours

Club

Latvia

  • Baltic Cup: 2008, 2012

References

  1. ^ "Kärnten beat ten-man Metalurgs". UEFA. 15 August 2002. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
  2. ^ "Trio on trial at Leeds". Sky Sports. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
  3. ^ "Latvijas Futbola federācija".
  4. ^ "O.Kļava debitē". 15 August 2010.
  5. ^ Oskars Kļava at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ^ "Latvijas Futbola federācija".
  7. ^ "Lapa īslaicīgi nav pieejama".
  8. ^ "Lapa īslaicīgi nav pieejama".
  9. ^ "Latvijas Futbola federācija".
  10. ^ "Iceland caught cold by Latvia revival". UEFA. 13 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2 January 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
  11. ^ "O.Kļava". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  12. ^ a b c "Oskars Kļava". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Iceland vs. Latvia". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

External links

  • Oskars Klava at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata
  • Oskars Kļava at Soccerway
  • Oskars Kļava at National-Football-Teams.com
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