Igors Tarasovs

Igors Tarasovs (born 16 October 1988) is a Latvian footballer, who plays for Nordic United and is also was member of Latvia national football team.

Igors Tarasovs
Personal information
Full name Igors Tarasovs
Date of birth (1988-10-16) 16 October 1988
Place of birth Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nordic United
Youth career
2004–2006 JFC Skonto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Skonto Riga 84 (11)
2007–2008 → Olimps/RFS (loan) 50 (2)
2012 Simurq 14 (3)
2012–2013 Ventspils 37 (8)
2014 Neman Grodno 27 (1)
2015–2016 Jagiellonia Białystok 41 (3)
2016–2017 Giresunspor 15 (2)
2017–2019 Śląsk Wrocław 52 (2)
2019 Spartaks Jūrmala 10 (3)
2020 Kaposvár 7 (0)
2020 KuPS 8 (0)
2020 → KuFu-98 (loan) 2 (0)
2021–2022 Ethnikos Achna 35 (0)
2022 Liepāja 5 (0)
2022–2023 Ypsonas 25 (11)
2023– Nordic United
International career‡
2008–2010 Latvia U-21 8 (1)
2010–2022 Latvia 47 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:38, 24 July (UTC)

Club career

As a youth player Tarasovs played for JFC Skonto and was taken to the first team in 2006. Making just one first team appearance, he was soon loaned out to the unofficial Skonto Riga farm-team Olimps/RFS to get playing practice. During his loan spell from 2007 to 2008 Tarasovs played 50 matches and scored 2 goals. He returned to Skonto in 2009, becoming a first eleven player. Representing the club for 3 years Tarasovs made 84 league appearances and scored eleven goals, becoming the Latvian champion in 2010 and the Baltic League champion in 2011.[1] In 2011, the fans voted him as the Skonto Riga Player of the Season.[2]

At the start of 2012 Tarasovs refused to extend his contract with Skonto and went on trials with Jagiellonia Białystok in Poland, Inter Baku in Azerbaijan and 1. FC Tatran Prešov in Slovakia.[3] On 15 February Tarasovs signed a contract with the Azerbaijan Premier League club Simurq PFC until the end of the season, joining his international team-mate Andrejs Rubins.[4] Tarasovs scored 3 goals in 14 games that season, helping his team secure a place in the top tier for the upcoming season.

In July 2012 Tarasovs returned to Latvia, signing a contract with the Latvian Higher League club FK Ventspils.[5] Throughout two seasons with the club he scored 8 goals in 37 league matches and helped the team win the championship and the Latvian Football Cup in 2013. Tarasovs also participated in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League qualifying matches.

Tarasovs went on trials with Baník Ostrava[6] and Bodø/Glimt[7] in the Czech Republic and Norway, but eventually signed a contract with the Belarusian Premier League club Neman Grodno in February 2014.[8] On 22 March 2014 Tarasovs scored the winning goal for Neman in the extra-time of Belarusian Cup 1/4 final match against BATE Borisov, securing his team a 2–1 victory and a place in the semi-finals.[9] He scored in the 100th minute, beating his international team-mate Germans Māliņš in the BATE Borisov goal.

On 27 November 2014 Tarasovs signed a one-year contract with the Polish Ekstraklasa club Jagiellonia Białystok with an option to extend for two more seasons.[10]

On 7 July he signed a contract with Śląsk Wrocław.[11]

On 9 August 2019 it was confirmed, that Tarasovs had joined FK Spartaks Jūrmala.[12]

International career

Tarasovs was a regular player for Latvia U-21 from 2008 to 2010. He scored once in 8 appearances. Tarasovs was firstly called up for Latvia international squad for a friendly match against Angola on 3 March 2010.[13] He made his debut then coming on as a replacement for Vitālijs Astafjevs in the 73rd minute.[14]

International goals
Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first.[15]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 October 2017Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia Andorra
4–0
4–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.7 October 2020Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro Montenegro
1–0
1–1
Friendly

References
  1. "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com.
  2. "Official Skonto FC Website".
  3. "I.Tarasovs uz Azerbaidžānu, Karlsona "Inter" sakaujas ar "Sturm"". 30 January 2012.
  4. "Tarasovs pievienojas Rubinam Azerbaidžānā". 15 February 2012.
  5. ""Ventspils" sastāvu papildina Dubra un Tarasovs – Virslīga – Futbols – Sportacentrs.com". Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  6. "Tarasovs un Kozlovs centīsies iekļūt čehu "Banik" sastāvā". 4 January 2014.
  7. "Karlsons pārbaudē uz baltkrievu "Neman", Tarasovs - uz Norvēģiju". 21 January 2014.
  8. "Lazdiņš pārbaudās Skotijā, Tarasovs un Karlsons paliks "Neman"". 26 February 2014.
  9. "Tarasovs izslēdz no kausa BATE (+video), Gorkšs uzvar, Maksimenko debitē". 22 March 2014.
  10. "Tarasovam 1+2 gadu līgums ar poļu "Jagiellonia"". 27 November 2014.
  11. "Igors Tarasovs piłkarzem Śląska" (in Polish). 90minut. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  12. Igors Tarasovs znalazł klub. Zagra w ojczyźnie, gazetawroclawska.pl, 9 August 2019
  13. "Latvijas Futbola federācija".
  14. "Latvijas izlasei neizšķirts Angolā". 3 March 2010.
  15. "NFT Profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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