Antons Jemeļins (born 19 February 1984 in Liepāja) is a Latvian footballer, who played as a centre-back.

Antons Jemeļins
Personal information
Full name Antons Jemeļins
Date of birth (1984-02-19) 19 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Liepāja, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Liepājas Metalurgs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2011 Liepājas Metalurgs 95 (13)
2012 Spartaks Jūrmala 33 (12)
2013 Liepājas Metalurgs 20 (7)
2014 Tiraspol 0 (0)
2014 Atlantas 10 (2)
2015–2017 Ventspils 55 (3)
2018–2020 Liepāja 9 (0)
International career
2005–2006 Latvia U-21 4 (0)
2005–2012 Latvia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:45, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Club career

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Jemeļins started his career with Liepājas Metalurgs in 2004. He scored one goal in the 2005 Virslīga season when the club beat FK Rīga 6-0 on 21 September 2005.[1] He also played for Liepājas Metalurgs reserves in 2005 scoring four goals and[1] 2006 scoring two goals.[2]

International career

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Jemeļins has played for Latvia national under-21 football team. He was in the squad for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification matches.[3] On 2 November 2005 Jemeļins was firstly called up to Latvia national football team by manager by that time manager Jurijs Andrejevs for a friendly match against Belarus on 12 November.[4] In May 2012 Jemeļins was re-called to the national team by the manager Aleksandrs Starkovs for the Baltic Cup matches in June. Latvia went on to win the tournament but Jemeļins remained an unused substitute during both matches.[5]

Honours

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Club

National team

References

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  1. ^ a b "Latvia 2005". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 4 March 2006. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008.
  2. ^ "Latvia 2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 21 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2 February 2008.
  3. ^ "Russia reap attacking reward". UEFA. 6 July 2005. [dead link]
  4. ^ "Andrejevs opts for familiar faces". UEFA. 2 November 2005.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Savainoto Ruginu Baltijas kausā aizstās Jemeļins". Sportacentrs.com. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
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