Oļegs Malašenoks (born 27 April 1986 in

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) is a

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n professional

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who currently plays as a striker for AFA Olaine.

Club career

Oļegs Malašenoks was born in Riga, as a youth player he played for his local club Multibanka Rīga in the

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. Scoring 13 goals in 34 games in a period of 2 seasons, the youngster was soon signed by the

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club FK Jūrmala in 2004. Playing there for the next 4 seasons, Malašenoks managed to become one of the team's leaders, and in 2008 he was the second top scorer of the championship with 13 goals in 29 matches, just one goal behind the leader

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. In 2008 his contract with FK Jūrmala expired and

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were keen on signing him, but the player himself decided to look for a club abroad. In the winter transfer period of 2009 Malašenoks went on trial with the Bulgarian club

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and Scottish side

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, but didn't stay with these teams and returned to Latvia. On 11 February he signed a one-year contract with

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. Before the start of the season Malašenoks was loaned to Tranzit - another club from the city of

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. He played there until September 2009, when an offer from the

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appeared. He joined Hibernians on trial and signed a contract with them until the end of the season on 25 September 2009. He played 14 matches and scored 4 goals in Malta. In 2010, when his contract with the Maltese side had already ended, Malašenoks returned to Latvia and joined the higher league debutant club

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. He was voted the best player of the championship in May. With 11 goals in 23 games Malašenoks was the club's top scorer in the 2010 season. In 2011, he was once again voted as the player of the month - this time July. That season Malašenoks added 6 more goals to his name in 14 matches and received a contract offer from Russia in mid-summer. Despite being injured, he signed a two-year contract with Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan on 31 August 2011. Because of the injury, he didn't play until the end of the year. In August 2012 Malašenoks re-joined his previous club

. He managed to score only 1 goal in 18 league matches for the club. In March 2013 Malašenoks moved to the

club

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. Scoring 4 goals in 11 matches, Malašenoks moved back to Jelgava in July 2013, as the club was in a need of a forward and offered him a contract. In 2014 Malašenoks helped Jelgava win the

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and attain bronze medals of the domestic championship for the first time in the club's history.

International career

Malašenoks made his debut for Latvia national team in the Baltic Cup match against

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on 18 June 2010.

Honours

Multibanka Rīga

* Latvian First League runner-up ** 2003

FK Jelgava

* Latvian Cup winner ** 2010, 2014

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Malasenoks, Olegs 1986 births Living people Footballers from Riga Latvian men's footballers 21st-century Latvian sportsmen Men's association football forwards Hibernians F.C. players FK Ventspils players FC Tranzit players FC Volgar Astrakhan players FC Jūrmala players FS Jelgava players Latvia men's international footballers Latvian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Russia