Aleksandrs Fertovs

Aleksandrs Fertovs (born 16 June 1987) is a Latvian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FK RFS and the Latvia national football team. Fertovs's nickname in Latvia is Kaķis (Cat).

Aleksandrs Fertovs
Aleksandrs Fertovs playing for Skonto
Personal information
Full name Aleksandrs Fertovs
Date of birth (1987-06-16) 16 June 1987
Place of birth Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1998–2007 JFC Skonto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 JFK Olimps 13 (0)
2008–2013 Skonto Riga 125 (13)
2008 → JFK Olimps (loan) 17 (3)
2014 PFK Sevastopol 9 (3)
2015–2016 Korona Kielce 47 (0)
2016– FK RFS 22 (1)
International career‡
2007–2009 Latvia U-21
2009– Latvia 32 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:12, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 August 2014

Club career

Early career

Aleksandrs Fertovs started playing football in 1998, at the age of 11. As a youth player he played for his local club JFC Skonto, being a member of the Skonto Riga academy. In 2007, he was taken to the Latvian Higher League club JFK Olimps. Even though Olimps finished the championship in the last place of the table, Fertovs showed good performance, playing 13 matches during the season. In 2008, he was offered to join Skonto Riga first team. The competition for places in the starting line-up was stiff, and the youngster found himself playing just 1 match for the club. Later he was loaned out and yet again joined JFK Olimps, who despite finishing last the previous season, had secured themselves a place in the Latvian Higher League for the upcoming one. Fertovs scored 3 goals in 17 matches during his loan spell at Olimps.

Skonto Riga

Fertovs returned to Skonto Riga before the 2009 Latvian Higher League season. He gained a place in the starting line-up, playing 22 league matches in his full debut season at the club. In the 2010 Latvian Higher League season Fertovs became champion of Latvia under the manager Aleksandrs Starkovs.[1] He scored twice in 23 league matches. During the next two seasons Fertovs played 52 league matches, scoring 3 goals. In 2011 Fertovs won the Baltic League with Skonto,[2] but in 2012 he helped his team win the Latvian Cup.[3] In 2011 Aleksandrs was included in both - Latvian Football Federation and sportacentrs.com teams of the tournament.[4] In 2012, he repeated it, being included in the LFF team of the year.[5] The 2013 season saw Fertovs play 23 league matches and score 8 goals, being included in the LFF team of the year for the third consecutive year in a row, with Skonto finishing as the runners-up in the league.[6]

Sevastopol

On 26 January 2014, Fertovs signed a contract with the Ukrainian Premier League club FC Sevastopol for 2.5 years.[7] He scored his first league goal on 4 April 2014, helping Sevastopol beat Vorskla Poltava 1–0.[8] On 23 April 2014 Fertovs scored twice, helping Sevastopol beat Metalurh Zaporizhya 5–0.[9] He was later included in the football.ua and ua-football.com teams of the round.[10] All in all he played 9 Premier League matches for the club, scoring 3 goals. On 27 June 2014 it was announced that the club had been dissolved due to the Russian aggression in the region and all players were granted free agents' status.[11]

International career

From 2007 to 2009 Fertovs was a member of Latvia national under-21 football team. He made his debut for Latvia at full international level on 15 November 2009 in a friendly match against Honduras, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute, replacing Genādijs Soloņicins.[12] As of May 2014, Fertovs has played 26 international matches with his first goal yet to come.

Honours

Club

Skonto Riga

International

References
  1. www.DELFI.lv (7 November 2010). "Čempioni 'Skonto' ar pārliecinošu uzvaru noslēdz 'LMT Virslīgas' sezonu". delfi.lv. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  2. ""Skonto" pendeļu trillerī uzvar "Ventspili" un triumfē Baltijas līgā". sportacentrs.com. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  3. "Latvijas Futbola federācija". www.lff.lv. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  4. "Archived copy". sportacentrs.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Latvijas Futbola federācija". www.lff.lv. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  6. "Latvijas Futbola federācija". www.lff.lv. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  7. "Fertovs paraksta līgumu ar Ukrainas Premjerlīgas klubu "Sevastopol"". 26 January 2014.
  8. "Fertova vārti nokārto uzvaru Krimā". 4 April 2014.
  9. "Fertovam divi vārtu guvumi Ukrainā, Sevastopole grauj ar 5:0". Sportacentrs.com. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  10. "Fertovs tiek iekļauts kārtas simboliskajās izlasēs". sportacentrs.com. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  11. "Fertova pārstāvētais "Sevastopol" beidz pastāvēt". sportacentrs.com. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  12. "Latvijas Futbola federācija". www.lff.lv. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
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