Deniss Romanovs (born 2 September 1978) is a retired Latvian football

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Club career

His early career was spent with Latvian sides Skonto-Metāls,

Valmiera Valmiera (; german: link=no, Wolmar; pl, Wolmar see other names) is the largest city of the historical Vidzeme region, Latvia, with a total area of . As of 2002, Valmiera had a population of 27,323, and in 2020 – 24 879. It is a state cit ...

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and Ditton. During the 2008/09 season he joined

Slavia Praha Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in t ...

. In July 2010 Romanovs moved to

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, signing a two-year deal with

Khazar Lankaran Khazar Lankaran FK ( tly, Xəzər Lankon Futboli Klub, script=Latn, az, Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran that last played in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the 2015–16 season. Since the ...

. In January 2011 he joined

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club Cendrawasih. After the first round of the championship due to some internal problems the championship was stopped, the foreigners' limit was changed and Cendrawasih ended its existence. Before the start of the 2013 season Romanovs joined Indonesian Premier League newcomers Pro Duta. On 24 October 2013 he scored a goal from the penalty spot in a 6-0 league victory over

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. On 28 November 2013, Romanovs signed with

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International career

Romanovs made his debut for Latvia in a friendly match against

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in 2004.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Romanovs, Deniss 1978 births Living people Footballers from Riga Latvian footballers Latvian people of Russian descent Skonto FC players FK Ventspils players Latvia men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Latvian expatriate footballers FC Dinamo București players Liga I players Expatriate footballers in Romania Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Romania SK Slavia Prague players Czech First League players Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic Khazar Lankaran FK players Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Arema F.C. players Pro Duta FC players Madura United F.C. players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Indonesian Premier League players Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Latvian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic FK RFS players