Artūrs Silagailis (born 3 May 1987) is a retired

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 ...

football defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

. Currently he works as a youth coach at his hometown club Blāzma.

Club career

Silagailis began his career in the local club Dižvanagi Rēzekne (later renamed

SK Blāzma SK Blāzma is a Latvian football club located in Rēzekne. The club is a continuation of the city's main football club, Dižvanagi. The club competed in Virslīga in the 2008 season following promotion from the 1. Liga in 2007. History The f ...

). In February 2009 he signed a contract with

FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Football Club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih () was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Kryvyi Rih. Until 2013 the club participated in professional competitions. In June 2013 the club went bankrupt and was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier ...

. He made his first-team debut in a league match against the famous

FC Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was ...

. He found it difficult to find a place in the starting line-up, so he left the team on loan to

FK Ventspils FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. The club played in the Latvian Virsliga since 1997. It was abolished in 2020, but h ...

in March 2010. In August 2010 he signed a contract with

KF Tirana Klubi i Futbollit Tirana (KF Tirana) is an Albanian football club based in the country's capital city, Tirana. The men's football club is part of the multi-disciplinary sports club SK Tirana, and is the most successful in Albania, having won 54 ...

Albanian Superliga The Kategoria Superiore, officially known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Albanian football league system, it is the country's primary football compet ...

. Due to the delayed salary payment he left the team in December, the same year, signing a one-year contract with an option to extend it for another season with

FC Gomel FC Gomel ( be, ФК Гомель), or FK Homiel, is a Belarusian football club, playing in the city of Gomel. Their home stadium is Central Stadium. History Teams from Gomel (usually city or raion selection or railway-based team ''Lokomotiv'', ...

, playing in the

Belarusian Premier League The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belarusi ...

. Just 3 months after signing with

, Silagailis left the club, signing for another

club

Dnepr Mogilev FC Dnepr Mogilev ( be, ФК Дняпро Магілёў, ''FK Dniapro Mahilyow''; russian: ФК Днепр Могилёв) is a Belarusian association football, football team, playing in the city of Mogilev. Their home stadium is Spartak Stadium ...

International career

From 2007 to 2008 Silagailis played for Latvia U-21, but he hasn't been capped for the senior side.

Family

His brother

Guntars Guntars is a Latvian masculine given name and may refer to: * Guntars Antoms (born 1960), Latvian chess international master * Guntars Deičmans (born 1983), Latvian swimmer *Guntars Krasts Guntars Krasts (born 16 October 1957) is a Latvian p ...

is also a former professional footballer.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Silagailis, Arturs 1987 births Living people People from Rēzekne Latvian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Latvian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Albania Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Ukrainian Premier League players SK Blāzma players FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players FK Ventspils players KF Tirana players FC Gomel players FC Dnepr Mogilev players