Reinis Reinholds (born 26 September 1997) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 September 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Ventspils, Latvia | ||
| Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | Ventspils | ||
| 2014–2015 | Latina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013 | FK Ventspils-2 | 5 | (0) |
| 2014 | Ventspils | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Padova | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | Civitanovese | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Racing Roma | 19 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Pisa | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Pafos (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | Valmiera | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2020 | |||
Club career
editYouth years
editReinholds spent his teenage years in the FK Ventspils academy, playing mainly with the under-17 and under-19 teams.[1] He also made five appearances with the reserve squad, Ventspils-2, in the second-tier First League during the 2013 season, as well as one lone appearance with the first team, coming on as a late-match replacement keeper for Maksims Uvarenko, who was sent off during a Latvian Higher League fixture against Skonto on 18 June 2014.[2]
After trialling with Birmingham City, he was discovered by an agent who, in the summer of 2014, helped him make the move to Italian club Latina, where he played Primavera (under-19) football during the 2014–15 season.[1][3]
Professional career
editIn November 2015, Reinholds signed with Serie C club Padova.[1] He failed to make a single appearance during the 2015–16 season, serving as the third-string keeper behind Alessandro Favaro and Lazar Petković.
In the summer of 2016, he signed with Serie D side Civitanovese.[4] However, after making just one league appearance, he was released by the club that December.
Later that month, he returned to Serie C, signing with Racing Roma.[5] At the age of 19, he finally made his professional debut on 23 December 2016, playing as the starting keeper in a 2–1 league defeat to Livorno.[6] For the season, he kept four clean sheets in 19 league appearances as his team finished last in their group. The season was also marred with heavy links to English club Chelsea; scouts were watching his matches in February and he trialled at Cobham Training Centre in May.[7][8][9]
However, in August, he signed a three-year contract with Serie C side Pisa.[10] He spent the 2017–18 season as a third-string keeper, failing to come off the bench behind Lazar Petković and Matteo Voltolini. He next year, he was demoted to fourth-string, as he failed to make a single appearance on the bench while Pisa achieved promotion to Serie B.
On 21 August 2019, he was loaned to Cypriot club Pafos.[11] From June 2020, to February 2022, Reinholds was without club, before signing with Valmiera FC. The club confirmed his departure in August 2022.[12]
Honours
editClub
edit- Ventspils
References
edit- ^ a b c "Ufficiale: tesserato il portiere lettone Reinis Reinholds" (Press release) (in Italian). Calcio Padova. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "SKONTO VS. VENTSPILS 2 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ Ferri, Mateo (23 August 2017). "Ex - Reinis Reinholds alla corte di Gautieri" (in Italian). tuttolatina.com. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "CIVITANOVESE: IL PORTIERE È UN GIOVANE DELLA LETTONIA" (in Italian). civitanovalive.it. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ Maschio, Tommaso (22 December 2016). "UFFICIALE: Racing Roma, tre nuovi acquisti" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb.com. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ Upenieks, Krišs (24 December 2016). "Itālijas 3. līgā debitē vārtsargs Reinholds, Zommeram atkal uzvara" (in Latvian). sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Reinis Reinholds keen on move to Chelsea, agent confirms". Metro. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ Pietrella, Francesco (26 February 2017). "Racing Roma, il Chelsea osserva Reinholds: lo scenario" (in Italian). gianlucadimarzio.com. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ Olver, Tom (18 May 2017). "Chelsea plotting transfer bid for Reinis Reinholds after goalkeeper jets in for trial". Metro. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Reinis Reinholds arriva nel Pisa Sporting Club" (in Italian). pisatoday.it. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "REINIS REINHOLDS PASSA AL PAFOS" (Press release) (in Italian). Pisa. 21 August 2019.
- ^ SEVEN NEW PLAYERS HAVE JOINED VALMIERA FC, valmierafc.com, 3 August 2021
External links
edit- Reinis Reinholds at Soccerway
- Reinis Reinholds at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- Reinis Reinholds at WorldFootball.net