Leonīds Tambijevs (born September 26, 1970 in

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) is a former professional

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left winger, currently serving as the head coach of Admiral Vladivostok in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career

Tambijevs began his career with the

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youth team. As a junior he played with several

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n teams. He debuted at the USSR Tier III level with RASMS-Energo, but soon joined USSR top level team Leningrad SKA for the 1990/1991 season. He then returned to

where had played until 1995 with ex-USSR league premier level teams Stars Riga and Pardaugava Riga. After the disbanding of Riga premier league teams in 1995, Tambijevs moved abroad and played with

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team

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. A career highpoint includes a spot with Finnish

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at Rauma Lukko. He then played in

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

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, and spent his final season with

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in Austria Tambijevs has an extensive Latvian national ice hockey team career. He made his debut at the first official renewed national teams' game in 1992 and has played at every world championship, Olympic qualifier and Olympic Games for the Latvian team until 2007. On 13 April 2007 in a Latvian game against

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, Tambijevs and

Aleksandrs Semjonovs Aleksandrs Semjonovs (born 8 June 1972) is a retired professional ice hockey centre who is currently general manager of IFK Arboga IK in the Swedish Division 1 league. Semjonovs has played in many different countries throughout his career, pl ...

became the first two players to play 200 games for the Latvia national team. He has played the most games and scored the most points for the national team.

Coaching career

Tambijevs has previously coached

Saryarka Karagandy Hockey Club Saryarka ( kk, Saryarqa Qaraǵandy, «Сарыарқа» Қарағанды хоккей клубы), commonly referred as Saryarka Karagandy, is a Professional ice hockey, professional ice hockey team based in Karagandy, Kazakhstan. T ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tambijevs, Leonids 1970 births Living people Amur Khabarovsk players EHC Basel players ECH Chur players Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Hvidovre Ligahockey players Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Iserlohn Roosters players Latvian expatriates in Russia Latvian ice hockey left wingers Lukko players HC Merano players EHC Olten players Olympic ice hockey players of Latvia Rødovre Mighty Bulls players SKA Saint Petersburg players Ice hockey people from Riga Tappara players Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players Latvian ice hockey coaches Latvian sports coaches Soviet ice hockey players