Pāvels Surņins (born 4 August 1985 in Liepāja, Latvia) is a Latvian former professional football midfielder, who spent all his career with FK Liepājas Metalurgs in the Latvian Higher League.
 Surņins playing for Liepājas Metalurgs | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pāvels Surņins | ||
| Date of birth | 4 August 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Liepāja, Latvia, USSR (now Republic of Latvia) | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liepājas Metalurgs | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005 | Liepājas Metalurgs-2 | ? | (?) |
| 2006–2012 | Liepājas Metalurgs | 131 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Latvia Under-21 | ? | (?) |
| 2007 | Latvia | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 March 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2013 | |||
Club career
editSurņins played for FK Liepājas Metalurgs-2 in 2005 in the 1.līga, the second tier in Latvian football, scoring five goals,[1] as well as making seven appearances for FK Liepājas Metalurgs in the Virslīga.
In the 2006 season he played 28 games for Liepājas Metalurgs in the Virslīga as well as one game in the Latvian Cup, the semi-final match against FC Skonto which they won 2–1.[2] He made two substitute appearances in both legs of the 2007 Baltic League Final.
Surņins retired from professional football before the start of 2013 due to long-term injury problems. In March 2016 he signed for Hyde United.[3]
International career
editSurņins played for the Latvian Under-21s.[4] In September 2006 he was called into the Latvian squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers against Iceland and Northern Ireland by national coach, Jurijs Andrejevs.[5] He made his international debut in 2007.
Honours
editClub
- Virsliga runner-up: (2) 2006, 2007
- Latvian Cup winner (1) 2006
- Baltic League winner: (1) 2007
References
edit- ^ "Latvia 2005". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 4 March 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
- ^ "Latvia 2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 21 March 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
- ^ "Sākas jaunā futbola sezona | Liepājas Metalurgs". Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Portugal win sets up Poland decider". UEFA. 1 September 2006. Archived from the original on 6 January 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
- ^ "Greenhorns join Latvia squad". UEFA. 29 September 2006. Archived from the original on 2 April 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
External links
edit- Pāvels Surņins at Soccerbase
- Pāvels Surņins at National-Football-Teams.com
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