Ivans Lukjanovs (born 24 January 1987) is a retired Latvian

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, who played as a winger.

Club career

Lukjanovs was born in

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. As a youth player he played for JFC Skonto, making his first first-team appearance in 2006. That season he played 2 matches, scoring no goals. In November 2006 Lukjanovs and his team-mate

Oļegs Laizāns Oļegs Laizāns (born 28 March 1987) is a Latvian football midfielder currently playing for Super Nova and the Latvia national football team. Club career Early career, Skonto and loans As a young player Oļegs Laizāns played for JFC Skonto, ...

went on a training camp together with the Italian giants

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, but didn't stay with the club. His further career led through loans to another club from Riga

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and two

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n clubs. He played 10 matches and scored 2 goals for

in 2008. During his time in

Lukjanovs played 12 matches, scoring 1 goal for

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and 12 matches, scoring 5 goals for

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. In 2009 Lukjanovs returned to the

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side

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and managed to score 14 goals in 15 matches. After a few months he and his team-mate

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joined the

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club

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. In his first season with Lechia Lukjanovs played 29 matches, scoring 2 goals. In his second season there he had the same statistics – 2 goals in 29 games. The third season saw Lukjanovs playing less – 1 goal in 19 league matches. After the season Lukjanovs was released from the club alongside

. On 18 August 2012, Lukjanovs moved to the

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club

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. Despite playing a great debut match at the club, Lukjanovs was rarely used throughout the season. He played only 4 games for the team and, furthermore, was sharply criticized by the manager

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for being too afraid of playing aggressively and not having a character. In December 2012 Lukjanovs revealed that he would not stay at the club anymore. On 28 February 2013, he signed a contract with the

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club Volgar Astrakhan. Lukjanovs scored 2 goals in 10 matches for the club, but couldn't help it save a place in the league, as they got relegated to the

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. Lukjanovs left the club after the relegation. On 13 July 2013, he joined

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, being complimented by the club's vice-president for his speed and ability to play equally well with both feet.

International career

Lukjanovs played 10 matches and scored 2 goals for Latvia U-21 in 2008. In January 2010 he was firstly called up to the senior side for a friendly match against

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. As of November 2013 Lukjanovs has made 15 international appearances for Latvia, scoring no goals yet.

Honours

International

* Baltic Cup:

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References

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