Artūrs Silagailis (born 3 May 1987) is a retired

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

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. 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 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 first cl ...

). In February 2009 he signed a contract with

FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih () is a Ukrainian professional 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 League. Ther ...

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

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. 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 was a Latvian professional football club based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils. It was one of the most prominent football clubs in the country. The club played in the Latvian Virslīga since 1997. It folded in July ...

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

KF Tirana Klubi i Futbollit Tirana is an Albanian professional football club based in the country's capital city, Tirana, that competes in the Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football. The men's football club is part of the multi-discipli ...

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. 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 () is a Belarusian association football, football club based in the city of Gomel. Their home stadium is Central Stadium (Gomel), Central Stadium. History Teams from Gomel (usually city or raion selection or railway-based team ''Lokomo ...

, playing in the

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. Just 3 months after signing with

, Silagailis left the club, signing for another

club Dnepr Mogilev.

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 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