Vitālijs Jagodinskis (born 28 February 1992) is a Latvian professional

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who plays for

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and the Latvia national team as a

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Club career

As a youth player Jagodinskis played for local club FK Daugava Rīga, being promoted to the first team in 2009. He made his

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debut on 1 August 2009, playing 90 minutes in a 3–0 loss to

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. For the second half of the 2009-10 season Jagodinskis moved to

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, establishing himself as a first team player despite his young age. During the three seasons he spent at the club Jagodinskis made 51 league appearances in a period from 2009 to 2011, respectively.

Dynamo Kyiv

In January 2012, Jagodinskis went on trial with

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club

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alongside his international teammate

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. He subsequently signed a long-term contract for four seasons with an option to extend it for another one in February 2012. In 2012, he played in the youth team, but before the start of the

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got promoted to

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. Jagodinskis made his league debut on 14 July 2013, playing 90 minutes in a 0–0 draw against

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Politehnica Iași

After ending his contract with Hungarian team

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in the summer of 2017, Jagodinskis signed a one-year contract with Romanian

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club Politehnica Iași, in October, at the request of manager

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International career

Vitālijs Jagodinskis was a member of all of Latvia's youth national teams. In 2008 he played for Latvia U17, in 2010 for Latvia U19 and from 2011 to 2013 he captained the U21 side. Jagodinskis was called up for the first time to the Latvia national team for the friendly match against

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, on 14 August 2013. Since then he has been a regular for the national team.

Honours

Latvia * Baltic Cup:

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References

External links

Dynamo Kyiv profile
* 1992 births Living people Footballers from Riga Latvian men's footballers 21st-century Latvian sportsmen Latvian expatriate men's footballers Latvia men's international footballers Men's association football defenders FK Daugava (2003) players FK Ventspils players FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players Diósgyőri VTK players FC Politehnica Iași (2010) players FK RFS players Valmiera FC players Ukrainian Premier League players Cambodian Premier League players Liga I players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Cambodia Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine FC Dynamo Kyiv players OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players Visakha FC players {{Latvia-footy-bio-stub