Artūrs Karašausks (born 29 January 1992) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Latvian club FK Liepāja.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 January 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Riga, Latvia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FK Liepāja | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| JFC Skonto | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | JFK Olimps/RFS | 18 | (10) |
| 2010–2016 | Skonto Riga | 67 | (32) |
| 2010 | → Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | → FB Gulbene (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Rubin Kazan (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Piast Gliwice (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | FC Wil | 13 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | FK Liepāja | 22 | (10) |
| 2018 | FC Akzhayik | 14 | (2) |
| 2019 | FK RFS | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Pafos FC | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Riga FC (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | FK Liepāja | 29 | (13) |
| 2021–2022 | Ethnikos Achna | 10 | (0) |
| 2022 | FK Liepāja | 22 | (4) |
| 2022–2024 | Ypsonas Krasava | 54 | (28) |
| 2024– | FK Liepāja | 8 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Latvia U17 | 3 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Latvia U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2011–2013 | Latvia U21 | 7 | (1) |
| 2010– | Latvia | 18 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2024 | |||
Club career
editEarly career
editKarašausks was born in Riga. As a youth player he was a member of the JFC Skonto academy. He was signed by the Latvian Higher League club JFK Olimps/RFS in January 2009, making his top flight debut at the age of 17. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 league draw against SK Blāzma on 11 June 2009, being just 17 years, 4 months and 17 days old. In less than a month after Karašausks managed to score his first ever hat-trick in a 7–0 league victory over Rīgas Futbola skola.[2] All in all he scored 10 goals in 18 league appearances and was named Young Player of the Year, receiving the Ilmārs Liepiņš prize at the end of the season.[3] Olimps/RFS finished fifth in the league table, which is, to date, the best result in the club's history.
Skonto Riga
editIn January 2010 Karašausks went on trial with Skonto Riga and became one of five Olimps/RFS players to be signed by the club and the newly appointed manager Aleksandrs Starkovs.[4] He managed to score 7 goals in his first 4 appearances and was named the league's best player in April.[5] All in all Karašausks scored 8 goals in 12 league matches, helping Skonto become the Latvian Higher League champions for the first time since 2004.[6] In July, he went on trial with the Ukrainian Premier League club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and joined the club on loan until the end of the year in August 2010.[7] In January 2011 Karašausks returned to Skonto, having appeared in 9 matches of the Dnipro reserve team and scored 2 goals. The 2011 season saw Karašausks score 2 goals in 15 league matches. Due to injuries and conflicting with the club's board, Karašausks did not appear in a single match of the 2012 Latvian Higher League until August, when he was given out on loan to FB Gulbene.[8] During the loan spell Karašausks participated in 15 matches and scored 1 goal.
In January 2013 he returned to Skonto and after the managerial change regained a place in the starting eleven under Tamaz Pertia. Karašausks scored 16 goals in 24 matches, becoming the top scorer of the league and helping Skonto finish the season as the runners-up.[9] On 18 July 2013 he scored his first goal in the UEFA Europa League, helping Skonto beat the Czech club Slovan Liberec 2–1 at home.[10] At the end of the season Karašausks was included in the sportacentrs.com and Sporta Avīze teams of the tournament. In January 2014 he was invited to join the Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow on trial, but, eventually, did not stay with the club.[11] In February, he was loaned to another Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan until the end of the season.[12] In June 2014, after his loan spell ended, Karašausks became a free agent. He rejoined Skonto for the 2015 season, scoring in the club's Europa league game versus St Patrick's Athletic F.C. In the first part of 2016 he had a short loan spell at Piast Gliwice in Poland.[13] In August 2016 Karašausks signed a contract with Swiss Challenge League club FC Wil.[14]
Riga FC and Pafos FC
editKarašausks signed with FK RFS for the 2019 season. But already before the end of 2018, Cypriot club Pafos FC – which is the partner club of Riga FC – offered to buy the players contract for about $100,000.[15] Then on 29 January, before he got his debut for RFS, the Cypriot club announced, that they had signed the player.[16] A week and a half later, the two clubs decided, that Karašausks was going to spend 2019 at Riga FC on loan.[17]
International career
editKarašausks was a member of Latvia U-17, Latvia U-19 and Latvia U-21 football teams. He was firstly called up to the senior side for a friendly match against Ghana on 5 June 2010, making his debut then, coming on as a substitution in the 59th minute and replacing Artjoms Rudņevs.[18] He became Latvia's first player, born after regaining independence in 1990, to play for the national team. Karašausks returned to the national team on 7 September 2013, when he was called up for the FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifying match against Greece to fill in for the suspended Artjoms Rudņevs and Valērijs Šabala.[19] On 19 November 2013 Karašauks, alongside five other players, was banned from the Latvia U-21 team due to disciplinary infringement after the victory over Liechtenstein on 15 November 2013.[20]
Personal life
editKarašausks' father Jurijs Karašausks is a former footballer, who played 6 international matches for Latvia from 1995 to 1998.[21] According to skontofc.com, Karašausks' hobby is playing tennis.[22]
Career statistics
edit- Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first.[23]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 October 2018 | Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia |  Kazakhstan |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |
Honours
editSkonto Riga
- Latvian Higher League champion
- 2010
- Baltic League winner
- 2011
- Latvian Cup winner
- 2012
Individual
- Best youth player of Latvian Higher League
- 2009
- Latvian Higher League top scorer (16 goals)
- 2013
References
edit- ^ Artūrs Karašausks at Soccerway
- ^ "Artūrs Karašausks". skontofc.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Latvijas Futbola federācija: 2009. gada laureāti". lff.lv. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Skonto zelta jaunatne". sporto.lv. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Virslīgas labākais futbolists aprīlī – Karašausks". sportacentrs.com. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ ""Skonto" futbolisti – 2010. gada Virslīgas čempioni". Apollo.tvnet.lv. 31 October 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "PR: Artūrs Karašausks izīrēts Dņepropetrovskas "Dņipro"". lff.lv. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Futbola virslīgas izredzes un cerības". sporto.lv. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ ""Ventspils" uzvar Rīgā un kļūst par Latvijas čempioni". sportacentrs.com. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Skonto spēlē teicami, gūst skaistus vārtus un pieveic Slovan". sportacentrs.com. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Karašausks pārbaudās Krievijas čempionē CSKA, Bulvītis – Šveicē". sportacentrs.com. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Karašausks izīrēts Kazaņas "Rubin"". sportacentrs.com. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Artūrs Karašausks oficiāli pievienojies "Piast Gliwice"". LFF.lv. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Nationalspieler verstärkt den Wiler Angriff". fcwil.ch. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ Karašausks dzimšanas dienā oficiāli pievienojies Kipras komandai "Paphos", sportacentrs.com, 29 January 2019
- ^ Karašausks no RFS pārceļas uz Kipras klubu "Pafos", tvnet.lv, 29 January 2019
- ^ Karašausks izīrēts Latvijas čempionei "Riga", tvnet.lv, 8 February 2019
- ^ "Starkovs nosauc 18 valstsvienības futbolistus pārbaudes spēlei ar Ganu". kasjauns.lv. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Pahars izsauc Virslīgas labāko snaiperi Karašausku". sportacentrs.com. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Rakels un Karašausks par režīma pārkāpumiem atskaitīti no U-21". sportacentrs.com. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Jurijs Karašausks". National-Football-Teams.com.
- ^ "Artūrs Karašausks". skontofc.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Karašausks, Artūrs". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
External links
edit- Artūrs Karašausks at Soccerway
- Artūrs Karašausks at National-Football-Teams.com
- Artūrs Karašausks at 90minut.pl (in Polish)