Oskars Kļava

Oskars Kļava (born 8 August 1983) is a retired Latvian football defender.

Oskars Kļava
Kļava with Khimki in 2011
Personal information
Full name Oskars Kļava
Date of birth (1983-08-08) 8 August 1983
Place of birth Liepāja, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Liepājas Metalurgs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2010 Liepājas Metalurgs 189 (7)
2010–2012 Anzhi Makhachkala 11 (0)
2011 → Khimki (loan) 11 (0)
2012 Liepājas Metalurgs 14 (2)
2012–2015 AZAL 85 (3)
2015–2017 Liepāja 59 (7)
National team
2002–2004 Latvia U-21
2005–2013 Latvia 65 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Club

Kļava was born in Liepāja. As a youth player he played for his local club Liepājas Metalurgs, making his first-team debut in 2002. That year he also made his Euro competitions' debut and was sent off against the Austrian club FC Kärnten in a 2002–03 UEFA Cup qualifying round match, which Kärnten won 2–0 on 15 August 2002.[1] With the number of appearances growing each season, Kļava played in Liepāja for 9 seasons. He became a first eleven player in 2005. In January 2008 Kļava went on trial with Football League One side Leeds United in England.[2] He left Metalurgs in 2010, having played 189 league matches, scoring 7 goals.

In June 2010 Kļava went on trial with the Russian Premier League club Anzhi Makhachkala and signed a three-year contract with them in August the same year.[3] He was given the nr. 83 jersey at the club and, despite his surname being Kļava, he had his name Oskars written on it. He made his Premier League debut in the 17th round match against CSKA Moscow, coming on as a substitute on 15 August 2010.[4] In his first season in Makhachkala Kļava appeared in 11 Premier League matches, as well as 12 reserve team games, scoring 1 goal.[5] He lost his place in the starting line-up after the arrival of the Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos.

In August 2011 Kļava was given to the Russian First Division club FK Khimki on a half-year loan.[6] Having played 11 matches there, he returned to Anzhi at the end of 2011. Before the start of the 2012 season Kļava rejoined his home-town club Liepājas Metalurgs playing in the Latvian Higher League.[7] He scored 2 goals in 14 league matches.

In July 2012 Kļava signed a contract with the Azerbaijan Premier League club AZAL.[8] In his first two seasons with the club Kļava appeared in 57 league matches and scored 2 goals.

International

Kļava was a member of Latvian U-21 team. He made his international debut for the senior side in 2005 in a 1–1 draw against Thailand under that time national team's manager Jurijs Andrejevs, who had picked him up for a tournament in Bahrain.[9] Kļava scored his first international goal in October 2007 against Iceland.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 4 November 2017[11][12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liepājas Metalurgs 2002 Virsliga 17000-170
2003 17000-170
2004 16100-161
2005 25000-250
2006 27140-311
2007 24100-241
2008 24240-282
2009 27220-292
2010 12020-140
Total 1897120--2017
Anzhi Makhachkala 2010 Russian Premier League 10000--100
2011–12 0000--00
Total 10000----100
Khimki (loan) 2011–12 Russian National League 11000––110
AZAL 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League 25210––262
2013–14 32010––330
2014–15 28130––311
Total 85350----903
Liepāja 2015 Virslīga 13020––150
2016 2461020–276
2017 2214020–281
Total 5977040--707
Career total 35417120160--38217

International
Source:[12]
Latvia national team
YearAppsGoals
200530
200650
2007111
200870
200980
201080
201170
201280
201340
Total611

International goals
Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first.
As of match played 13 October 2007[12]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
1.13 October 2007Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland1–14–2Euro 2008 qualification[13]

Honours

Club

International

References
  1. "Kärnten beat ten-man Metalurgs". UEFA. 15 August 2002. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
  2. "Trio on trial at Leeds". Sky Sports. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
  3. http://www.lff.lv/lv/news/2010/augusts/57/
  4. http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/citas_ligas/15082010-o_klava_debite
  5. "Oskars Kļava". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  6. http://www.lff.lv/lv/news/2011/aug/75/
  7. http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/17022012-klava_varetu_atgriezties_liepajas_metalur
  8. http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/25072012-klava_parcelas_uz_azerbaidzanas_azal
  9. http://www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/speletaji/klava/
  10. "Iceland caught cold by Latvia revival". UEFA. 13 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2 January 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
  11. "O.Kļava". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  12. "Oskars Kļava". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  13. "Iceland vs. Latvia". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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