Antons Jemeļins

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

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

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

Virsliga champion: (2) 2005, 2009
Virsliga runner-up: (5) 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
Moldovan National Division runner-up: (1) 2014
Latvian Cup winner (1) 2006
Baltic League champion: (1) 2007

National team

Baltic Cup winner (1) 2012

References

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

External links

Antons Jemeļins at National-Football-Teams.com

[RSSF05-1] "Latvia 2005". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 4 March 2006. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008.

[RSSF06-2] "Latvia 2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 21 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2 February 2008.

[UEFA74306-3] "Russia reap attacking reward". UEFA. 6 July 2005. ^{[dead link]}

[UEFA362699-4] "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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