Dāvis Ikaunieks (born 7 January 1994) is a Latvian professional

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who plays primarily as a striker for

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and the Latvia national team.

Club career

On 20 June 2018, Ikaunieks signed a three-year deal with

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team Jablonec. On 4 October, he made his

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debut in a 2–2 draw against

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. '''' After spending half a season on loan at

in Latvia, at the end of 2019, he went on loan to Fastav Zlín. ' After scoring 18 league goals in 34 appearances with FA Šiauliai in

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, Ikaunieks moved to DPMM of

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who are playing in the

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in January 2025. He dispatched his first goal in a 2–3 defeat at home to

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on 7 February. He managed a hat-trick against the same opponent in a 3–4 away victory on 11 May. He scored 14 goals in as many matches in the league, helping DPMM to a nine-match unbeaten streak at the end of the season. Ikaunieks returned to Latvia in June 2025, signing for

International career

Ikaunieks was called up to the Latvia national team where he made his debut on 1 June 2016 in a 2–1 win over

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. He then scored his first international goal on 2 September the same year in a 3–1 win against

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. During the

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match against

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, Ikaunieks equalised the match at 3–3 in the 79th minute.

Personal life

His younger brother

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is also a professional footballer who plays for the same team.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Liepājas Metalurgs *

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: 2012 FK Liepāja *

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

FK RFS *

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International

Latvia * Baltic Cup:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

* Baltic Cup runner up:

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Individual

top scorer:

(15 goals) *

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: 2018

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ikaunieks, Davis 1994 births Living people People from Kuldīga Latvian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FK Liepājas Metalurgs players FK Liepāja players FC Vysočina Jihlava players FK Jablonec players FK RFS players FC Zlín players DPMM FC players Czech First League players Latvian Higher League players Singapore Premier League players Latvian expatriate men's footballers Latvia men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Brunei Latvian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Brunei FK Mladá Boleslav players