Marko Regža

Marko Regža (born 20 January 1999) is a Latvian footballer who plays for Virslīga club Riga and the Latvia national team.

Marko Regža
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-20) 20 January 1999
Place of birth Riga, Latvia
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Riga
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2010 SK Babīte
2010–2012 Fortuna Düsseldorf
2012–2014 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2021 RFS 16 (1)
2019 → Super Nova (loan) 8 (5)
2019–2020 → BFC Daugavpils (loan) 26 (7)
2022 Super Nova 27 (8)
2023– Riga 25 (15)
International career‡
2023– Latvia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:42, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:18, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Regža began his youth career with SK Babīte.[1][2] At age 11, he and his family moved to Germany to join the academy of Fortuna Düsseldorf. He later moved to Schalke 04. He stayed with the club until age 15 when he was forced to return to Latvia because of injury.[3]

He went on to join RFS of the Virslīga but was again troubled by injury. He eventually signed a contract with Riga FC through 31 December 2025. Regža had a breakout season in 2023 and reached second in the league scoring chart with eleven goals in nineteen matches at one point.[3] Because of his play that season, he was linked with a move to Sint-Truidense V.V. of the Belgian Pro League.[4]

International career

Regža made his senior international debut on 16 June 2023 in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Turkey. Three days later, he appeared against Armenia in the same competition.[4]

International career statistics
As of 19 June 2023[5]
Latvian national team
YearAppsGoals
2023 2 0
Total20

References
  1. "Regža papildina "Riga" uzbrukuma līniju" (in Latvian). sportazinas.com. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. "REGŽA - "RIGA FOOTBALL CLUB" PLAYER". Riga FC. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  3. "par Latvijas izlases un "Riga FC" uzbrucēju Regžu interesējas Beļģijas klubi" (in Latvian). tvnet.lv. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  4. "Regza naar Belgische club?" (in Dutch). voetbalbelgie.be. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  5. "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
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