Roberts Jekimovs (born November 11, 1989 in

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) is a Latvian professional

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. He is currently a free agent having last played for Remparts de Tours of the

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in France.

Playing career

Jekimovs began playing in his native Latvia, playing for

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and SK LSPA/Riga from 2005 to 2008. He then spent a year playing in Sweden for Brynäs IF's J20 team in

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before splitting the 2009–10 season with

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in the Belarusian Extraleague and for

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in Finland. In 2011, Jekimovs signed with SaiPa of the

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where he managed 7 goals and 13 assists in 43 games. He was re-signed for a second season with SaiPa the following year and improved his scoring from the previous season, notching up 16 goals in 54 games. On April 17, 2013, he joined Ilves but was not able to recapture the same level of form he achieved while at SaiPa, scoring just 5 goals and 6 assists in 39 games and was briefly loaned out to Mestis club

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. On September 25, 2014, Jekimovs agreed to a try-out contract with Austrian club, Graz 99ers of the EBEL. After just 8 games with the 99ers, Jekimovs opted to sign a contract in the Kontinental Hockey League after his rights were traded from

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with

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on December 24, 2014. He would however only feature in two games for the team. On September 1, 2015, Jekimovs returned to Latvia to sign for Prizma Riga but played just two games before leaving to join

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of the Metal Ligaen in Denmark 14 days later. He would spend the next two seasons in Denmark, spending the 2016–17 season with the

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and the 2017–18 season with the

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. On August 30, 2018, Jekimovs moved to France and signed for

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of the

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. He re-signed for a second season with the team in May 2019 but was released on December 13, 2019 and he signed a contract with Division 1 side Remparts de Tours on December 26.

International career

Jekimovs made his debut for the Latvia men's national ice hockey team in 2009 and was a member of their

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squad, going pointless in four games. He would also play in the

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where he played six games and scored one goal.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* 1989 births Living people Atlant Moscow Oblast players Diables Noirs de Tours players Frederikshavn White Hawks players Gentofte Stars players Graz 99ers players Herning Blue Fox players Ilves players Jokipojat players Latvian ice hockey forwards Lempäälän Kisa players Prizma Riga players Rapaces de Gap players SaiPa players Ice hockey people from Riga Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Latvian expatriate ice hockey people Latvian expatriate sportspeople in France Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Expatriate ice hockey players in Austria Expatriate ice hockey players in Finland Expatriate ice hockey players in Denmark Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate ice hockey players in France {{latvia-sport-bio-stub