Ģirts Karlsons

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Ģirts Karlsons (born 7 June 1981) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

As a youth player Karlsons played for his local club Liepājas Metalurgs, being taken to the first team in 1998, at the age of 17. He spent the next six seasons with the club, becoming the second top scorer of the Latvian Higher League in 2003 with 26 goals, completing two hat-tricks during the season.[1] All in all he played 96 matches for his local club, scoring 40 goals. After these bright appearances he had impressed clubs abroad, and in January 2004 Karlsons went on a month-long trial with the Russian Premier League club Shinnik Yaroslavl. Afterwards he signed a three-year contract with them.[2]

However, his spell there was not as successful as expected and was very short. After just one season, during which he played only 8 league matches without scoring goals, Karlsons returned to the Latvian Higher League, signing with the newly promoted, ambitious club Venta Kuldiga in 2005.[3] However, the club struggled financially and after just five matches had to let some of their players go, including Karlsons,[4] who returned to his hometown club, Liepājas Metalurgs later that year. He spent the next three seasons there, once again showing great performance. He scored a hat-trick in the 2005 season, and he also scored in the Latvian Cup final on 25 September 2005, which Metalurgs lost 2–1 to Venta Kuldīga.[5]

Another hat-trick came in the 2006 season, which Karlsons finished as the second top scorer with 14 goals. In the Latvian Cup he scored a hat-trick in the 6–1 semi-final victory over Dižvanagi Rēzekne and then scored in the final, which the club won 2–1 over Skonto Riga.[6] In December 2006 Karlsons was named the runner-up of the Latvian Player of the Year Award by the Latvian Football Federation behind the winner Aleksandrs Koliņko, who that time was the first-choice keeper for Rubin Kazan in the Russian Premier League.[7] His contract with Metalurgs expired in July 2007 and it was not renewed. Player was then linked with the English Championship club Bristol City, before going on trial with Southampton.[8] In January 2008 he had a two-day trial with Wolverhampton Wanderers.[9] Karlsons then had trials in the Netherlands with Zwolle and De Graafschap, [10] and on 8 February 2008 he signed for De Graafschap, which that time competed in the Eredivisie.[11] Karlsons returned to Liepājas Metalurgs in the middle of 2008, because of limited game time. After some impressive matches there he attracted interest from several European clubs, but finally settled down in Azerbaijan, signing a contract with Inter Baku in the summer of 2009.[12]

The next season, he became the champion of Azerbaijan. He scored 8 goals in 19 matches for Inter in his first season there, but the next two were not that successful anymore and in July 2012 he was released. In August 2012 Karlsons once again returned to Liepājas Metalurgs.[13] The 2012 season saw Karlsons scoring 9 goals in 19 league matches. Even though Metalurgs expressed their interest to keep him at the club, Karlsons chose to continue his career abroad, joining the Indonesian Premier League club Pro Duta in March 2013.[14] On 14 April 2013, he scored his first two goals in a 3–0 league victory over Bontang.[15] Throughout the season Karlsons scored 15 league goals for the club, completing two hat-tricks.[16] He left Pro Duta at the end of his contract in November 2013. In February 2014 Karlsons went on trial with the Belarusian Premier League club Neman Grodno alongside his international fellow Igors Tarasovs and signed a contract with the club on 26 February 2014.[17] He scored his first Belarusian Premier League goal in a 3–2 victory over Dnepr Mogilev on 19 April 2014.[18] Karlsons left Neman on 9 June 2014 due to family reasons and returned to Latvia.[19] On 3 July 2014, Karlsons signed a contract with the Latvian Higher League title holders FK Ventspils.[20] He helped the club retain the title for the second year in a row.[21]

Karlsons left FK Liepāja at the end of 2018.[22]

International career

Karlsons played for the Latvia-U21.[23] Karlsons made his first appearance for Latvia national team on 20 December 2003 as a second-half substitute against Kuwait in Cyprus, which Latvia lost 2–0.[24] On 28 December 2005 he scored in Latvia's 2–1 win over Oman national football team to reach the final of the King's Cup in Thailand.[25] Latvia won the cup, beating Korea DPR 2–1 in the final on 30 December with Karlsons again scoring.[26] Currently Karlsons has 50 international caps under his belt, having scored 9 goals.[27] He played in an international game on 9 February 2011, a 2–1 victory in a friendly match against Bolivia, coming on as a late substitute, which would be his last match for the national team until late 2016.[28] Karlsons was recalled to the national team in the autumn of 2016, earning his 50th cap on 7 October 2016 after coming on as a substitute in the 0:2 home loss against the Faroe Islands in a 2018 World Cup qualifier.[29]

Career statistics

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 26 December 2005 Surakul Stadium, Phuket, Thailand {{ Template:Yesno alias = North Korea flag alias = Flag of North Korea.svg flag alias-1948 = Flag of North Korea (1948–1992).svg flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of North Korea.svg link alias-naval = Korean People's Navy flag alias-army = Flag of the Korean People's Army Ground Force (2023-).svg link alias-army = Korean People's Army Ground Force flag alias-navy = Flag of the Korean People's Army Navy (Obverse).svg link alias-navy = Korean People's Navy flag alias-military = Flag of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army (Normal).svg link alias-military = Korean People's Army flag alias-air force = Flag of the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force (Obverse).svg link alias-air force = Korean People's Army Air Force flag alias-strategic force = Flag of the Korean People's Army Strategic Force.svg link alias-strategic force = Korean People's Army Strategic Force flag alias-special forces = Flag of the Korean People's Army Special Operation Force.svg link alias-special forces = Korean People's Army Special Operation Force flag alias-special bureau = Flag of the Missile General Bureau (North Korea).svg link alias-special bureau = Missile General Bureau size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant =

}} || 1–1 || Drew || 2005 King's Cup

2. 28 December 2005 Surakul Stadium, Phuket, Thailand {{ Template:Yesno alias = Oman flag alias = Flag of Oman.svg flag alias-1970 = Old Flag of Oman.svg link alias-military = Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Oman.svg link alias-naval = Royal Navy of Oman flag alias-air force=Air Force Ensign of Oman.svg link alias-air force=Royal Air Force of Oman flag alias-army = Royal Army of Oman Flag.svg link alias-army = Royal Army of Oman flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Oman.svg link alias-navy = Royal Navy of Oman size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || 1–2 || Won || 2005 King's Cup

3. 30 December 2005 Surakul Stadium, Phuket, Thailand {{ Template:Yesno alias = North Korea flag alias = Flag of North Korea.svg flag alias-1948 = Flag of North Korea (1948–1992).svg flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of North Korea.svg link alias-naval = Korean People's Navy flag alias-army = Flag of the Korean People's Army Ground Force (2023-).svg link alias-army = Korean People's Army Ground Force flag alias-navy = Flag of the Korean People's Army Navy (Obverse).svg link alias-navy = Korean People's Navy flag alias-military = Flag of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army (Normal).svg link alias-military = Korean People's Army flag alias-air force = Flag of the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force (Obverse).svg link alias-air force = Korean People's Army Air Force flag alias-strategic force = Flag of the Korean People's Army Strategic Force.svg link alias-strategic force = Korean People's Army Strategic Force flag alias-special forces = Flag of the Korean People's Army Special Operation Force.svg link alias-special forces = Korean People's Army Special Operation Force flag alias-special bureau = Flag of the Missile General Bureau (North Korea).svg link alias-special bureau = Missile General Bureau size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant =

}} || 1–2 || Won || 2005 King's Cup

4. 7 October 2006 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia {{ Template:Yesno alias = Iceland flag alias = Flag of Iceland.svg flag alias-old = Hvítbláinn.svg flag alias-coast guard = Flag of Iceland (state).svg flag alias-naval = Flag of Iceland (state).svg border-naval = flag alias-1918 = Flag of Iceland (1918-1944).svg flag alias-state = Flag of Iceland (state).svg border-state = flag alias-navy = Flag of Iceland (state).svg link alias-naval = Icelandic Coast Guard border-navy = link alias-navy = Icelandic Coast Guard border-coast guard = link alias-coast guard = Icelandic Coast Guard size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || 4–0 || Won || Euro 2008 qual.

5. 17 November 2007 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia {{ Template:Yesno alias = Liechtenstein flag alias = Flag of Liechtenstein.svg flag alias-1719 = Flag of Liechtenstein (1719-1852).svg flag alias-1852 = Flag of Liechtenstein (1852-1921).svg flag alias-1921 = Flag of Liechtenstein (1921–1937).svg flag alias-1937 = Flag of Liechtenstein (1937–1982).svg size = name = variant = altlink = national football team

}} || 4–1 || Won || Euro 2008 qual.

6. 6 February 2008 Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia {{ Template:Yesno alias = Georgia (country) shortname alias = Georgia flag alias = Flag of Georgia.svg flag alias-1008 = Sakartvelo_-_drosha.svg flag alias-1762 = Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Kartli-Kakheti.svg flag alias-1918 = Flag of Georgia (1918–1921).svg flag alias-1921 = Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1922).svg flag alias-1922 = Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922–1937).svg flag alias-1937 = Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1937–1951).svg flag alias-1951 = Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg flag alias-1990 = Flag of Georgia (1990–2004).svg flag alias-naval-1997 = Naval ensign of Georgia (1997–2004).svg link alias-naval-1997 = Georgian Navy flag alias-army = Army Flag of Georgia.svg link alias-army = Georgian Land Forces flag alias-coast guard=Battle ensign of the Coast Guard of Georgia.svg link alias-coast guard=Coast Guard of Georgia flag alias-military = Flag of the Georgian Armed Forces.svg link alias-military = Georgian Armed Forces flag alias-navy=Flag of the Georgian Border Police.svg link alias-navy=Border Police of Georgia flag alias-air force=Flag of the Aviation and Air Defense Command of the Defense Forces of Georgia.png link alias-air force=Georgian Air Force flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Georgia.svg link alias-naval = Georgian Navy empty = Georgia XV national rugby union team size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant =

}} || 1–3 || Won || Friendly

7. 6 September 2008 Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol, Moldova {{ Template:Yesno alias = Moldova flag alias = Flag of Moldova.svg flag alias-1346 = Flag of Moldavia.svg flag alias-1917 = Flag of the Moldavian Democratic Republic.svg flag alias-1925 = Flag of Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1925-1932).svg flag alias-1937 = Flag of Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1937-1938).svg flag alias-1938 = Flag of Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.svg flag alias-1940 = Flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1941-1952).svg flag alias-1952 = Flag of Moldavian SSR.svg flag alias-1990 = Flag of Moldova (1990–2010).svg flag alias-army = Flag of the Armed Forces of Moldova.svg link alias-army = Moldovan Ground Forces size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || 1–2 || Won || 2010 World Cup qual.

8. 28 March 2009 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg {{ Template:Yesno alias = Luxembourg flag alias = Flag of Luxembourg.svg flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Luxembourg.svg size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || 0–4 || Won || 2010 World Cup qual.

9. 3 March 2010 Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola {{ Template:Yesno alias = Angola flag alias = Flag of Angola.svg link alias-naval = Angolan Navy link alias-army = Angolan Army link alias-navy = Angolan Navy link alias-military = Angolan Armed Forces link alias-air force = National Air Force of Angola size = name = altlink = national football team

}} || 1–1 || Drew || Friendly

Correct as of 7 October 2015[30]

Honours

Liepājas Metalurgs

Inter Baku

Ventspils

  • Virslīga: 2014

Latvia

Individual

References

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External links

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