Pāvels Surņins

Pāvels Surņins (born 4 August 1985 in Liepāja, Latvia) is a Latvian former professional football midfielder, who spent all his career with FK Liepājas Metalurgs in the Latvian Higher League.

Pāvels Surņins
Surņins playing for Liepājas Metalurgs
Personal information
Full name Pāvels Surņins
Date of birth (1985-08-04) 4 August 1985
Place of birth Liepāja, Latvia, USSR (now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Liepājas Metalurgs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Liepājas Metalurgs-2 ? (?)
2006–2012 Liepājas Metalurgs 131 (5)
National team‡
2005–2006 Latvia Under-21 ? (?)
2007 Latvia 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 March 2013
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2013

Club career

Surņins played for FK Liepājas Metalurgs-2 in 2005 in the 1.līga, the second tier in Latvian football, scoring five goals,[1] as well as making seven appearances for FK Liepājas Metalurgs in the Virslīga.

In the 2006 season he played 28 games for Liepājas Metalurgs in the Virslīga as well as one game in the Latvian Cup, the semi-final match against FC Skonto which they won 2–1.[2] He made two substitute appearances in both legs of the 2007 Baltic League Final.

Surņins retired from professional football before the start of 2013 due to long-term injury problems. In March 2016 he signed for Hyde United.[3]

International career

Surņins played for the Latvian Under-21s.[4] In September 2006 he was called into the Latvian squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers against Iceland and Northern Ireland by national coach, Jurijs Andrejevs.[5] He made his international debut in 2007.

Honours

Club

References
  1. "Latvia 2005". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 4 March 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  2. "Latvia 2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 21 March 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Portugal win sets up Poland decider". UEFA. 1 September 2006. Archived from the original on 6 January 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  5. "Greenhorns join Latvia squad". UEFA. 29 September 2006. Archived from the original on 2 April 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2008.


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