Antons Jemeļins (born 19 February 1984 in

Liepāja Liepāja (; liv, Līepõ; see #Names and toponymy, other names) is a state city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea. It is the largest-city in the Kurzeme Planning Region, Kurzeme Region and the third-largest city in the country after R ...

) is a

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

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er, who played as a

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Club career

Jemeļins started his career with Liepājas Metalurgs in 2004. He scored one goal in the 2005

Virslīga Latvian Higher League or Virslīga is a professional football league and the top tier of association football in Latvia. Organised by the Latvian Football Federation, the Higher League is contested by 10 clubs. The full name of the league is Op ...

season when the club beat

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6-0 on 21 September 2005. He also played for Liepājas Metalurgs reserves in 2005 scoring four goals and 2006 scoring two goals.

International career

Jemeļins has played for

Latvia national under-21 football team The Latvia national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Latvia and is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body of football in Latvia. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, h ...

. He was in the squad for the

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matches. On 2 November 2005 Jemeļins was firstly called up to

Latvia national football team The Latvia national football team ( lv, Latvijas futbola izlase) represents Latvia in international football and is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia. They have never qualified for the FIF ...

by manager by that time manager

Jurijs Andrejevs Jurijs Andrejevs (born 16 January 1957 in Riga, Latvia, USSR) is a former footballer who is currently the sporting director of Latvian Football Federation. Previously he was the manager of the team but was released in 2008 after an unsuccessful ...

for a

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against

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on 12 November. In May 2012 Jemeļins was re-called to the national team by the manager

Aleksandrs Starkovs Aleksandrs Starkovs (born 26 July 1955) is a Latvian football coach and a former player. Most recently he coached FK Liepāja. Starkovs has managed clubs such as Spartak Moscow in Russia, FK Baku in Azerbaijan and Skonto FC in Latvia. He had th ...

for the Baltic Cup matches in June. Latvia went on to win the tournament but Jemeļins remained an unused substitute during both matches.

Honours

Club *

Virsliga Latvian Higher League or Virslīga is a professional football league and the top tier of association football in Latvia. Organised by the Latvian Football Federation, the Higher League is contested by 10 clubs. The full name of the league is Op ...

champion: (2) 2005, 2009 *

runner-up: (5) 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 *

Moldovan National Division The Moldovan Super Liga is an association football league that is currently the top division of Moldovan football league system. The competition was established in 1992, when the country became independent from the Soviet Union. It was formed in ...

runner-up: (1) 2014 *

Latvian Cup The Latvian Football Cup () is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Latvian Football (soccer), football. Since 2021, its full name is Responsible Game Latvian Football Cup (''Atbildīgas spēles Latvijas kauss'') due ...

winner (1) 2006 *

Baltic League The Baltic League (officially known as the Triobet Baltic League) was a Baltic men's football club tournament held four times between the top club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Launched in 2007 inspired by the now defunct Scandinav ...

champion: (1)

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National team * Baltic Cup winner (1) 2012

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jemelins, Antons 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Liepāja Latvian men's footballers FK Liepājas Metalurgs players FK Spartaks Jūrmala players FC Tiraspol players FK Atlantas players FK Ventspils players FK Liepāja players Latvian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Latvia men's international footballers Latvian people of Russian descent Men's association football defenders