Raivis Jurkovskis
Personal information
Full name Raivis Andris Jurkovskis[1]
Date of birth (1996-12-07) 7 December 1996
Place of birth Liepāja, Latvia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Riga
Number 13
Youth career
FK Liepājas Metalurgs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Liepājas Metalurgs 2
2014–2015 FK Liepāja 15 (2)
2016 FK RFS 27 (6)
2017–2020 FK Liepāja 91 (7)
2021 Dundalk 29 (0)
2022– Riga 53 (3)
International career‡
2014 Latvia U19 18 (1)
2015–2018 Latvia U21 21 (1)
2018– Latvia 37 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

Raivis Andris Jurkovskis (born 7 December 1996) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Vīrisliga club Riga and the Latvia national team.

Club career

Born in Liepāja, he has played club football for Liepājas Metalurgs 2, FK Liepāja and FK RFS.[1] In January 2021 he signed for Irish club Dundalk.[2] In December 2021, it was announced that Jurkovskis had returned to Latvia to sign for Riga.[3]

International career

After playing for multiple Latvia national youth teams,[4] he made his senior international debut for the Latvia in 2018.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Raivis Jurkovskis". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Fitzmaurice, Aidan (8 January 2021). "Dane Massey leaves Dundalk as Giovagnoli swoops for Latvian international". Irish Independent. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  3. ↑ ""Riga" signs Latvian national team defender Jurkovskis - Riga Football Club". rigafc.lv.
  4. ↑ "Raivis Andris Jurkovskis - Latvijas Futbola federācija". lff.lv.



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