Artūrs Silagailis (born 3 May 1987) is a retired Latvian football defender. Currently he works as a youth coach at his hometown club Blāzma.

Artūrs Silagailis
Personal information
Full name Artūrs Silagailis
Date of birth (1987-05-03) 3 May 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Rēzekne, Latvian SSR, USSR
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Blāzma 55 (2)
2009–2010 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 6 (0)
2010Ventspils (loan) 5 (0)
2010 Tirana 7 (0)
2011 Gomel 0 (0)
2011 Dnepr Mogilev 27 (1)
International career
2007–2008 Latvia U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 September 2009

Club career

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Silagailis began his career in the local club Dižvanagi Rēzekne (later renamed SK Blāzma).

In February 2009 he signed a contract with FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.[1] He made his first-team debut in a league match against the famous FC Shakhtar Donetsk.[2]

He found it difficult to find a place in the starting line-up, so he left the team on loan to FK Ventspils in March 2010.[3]

In August 2010 he signed a contract with KF Tirana in Albanian Superliga.[4] Due to the delayed salary payment he left the team in December, the same year, signing a one-year contract with an option to extend it for another season with FC Gomel, playing in the Belarusian Premier League.[5]

Just 3 months after signing with FC Gomel, Silagailis left the club, signing for another Belarusian Premier League club Dnepr Mogilev.[6]

International career

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From 2007 to 2008 Silagailis played for Latvia U-21, but he hasn't been capped for the senior side.

Family

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His brother Guntars is also a former professional footballer.

References

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  1. ^ "A.Silagailis: "Daudz iegūstu pat treniņos"". 4 May 2009.
  2. ^ "ParSportu.lv". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Lapa īslaicīgi nav pieejama".
  4. ^ "Artūrs Silagailis pārceļas uz Albāniju". 21 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Apollo - Sports: Artūrs Silagailis karjeru turpinās FK "Gomeļ"". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  6. ^ "A.Silagailis maina klubu Baltkrievijā, Koliņko starp kārtas labākajiem". 6 April 2011.
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