Antons Jemeļins

Antons Jemeļins
Personal information
Full name Antons Jemeļins
Date of birth (1984-02-19) 19 February 1984
Place of birth Liepāja, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 FK Atlantas
Number 26
Youth career
FK Liepājas Metalurgs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2011 FK Liepājas Metalurgs 95 (13)
2012 FK Spartaks Jūrmala 33 (12)
2013 FK Liepājas Metalurgs 20 (7)
2014 FC Tiraspol 0 (0)
2014– FK Atlantas 10 (2)
National team‡
2005–2006 Latvia U-21 4 (0)
2005–2012 Latvia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 January 2015
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 January 2015

Antons Jemeļins (born 19 February 1984 in Liepāja) is a Latvian football defender who currently plays for the Lithuanian A Lyga club FK Atlantas.

Club career

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

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

Club

National team

References

  1. 1 2 "Latvia 2005". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2006-03-04. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
  2. ↑ "Latvia 2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2007-03-21. Archived from the original on 2 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
  3. ↑ "Russia reap attacking reward". UEFA. 2005-07-06. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
  4. ↑ "Andrejevs opts for familiar faces". UEFA. 2005-11-02. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
  5. ↑ "Savainoto Ruginu Baltijas kausā aizstās Jemeļins". Sportacentrs.com. 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2015-01-04.

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