Aleksandrs Koļinko

Koļinko in the jersey of Baltika Kaliningrad ( 2011)

Aleksandrs Koļinko ( born June 18, 1975 in Riga) is a Latvian football goalkeeper and current Latvian National player who currently plays for Spartak Nalchik.

• 2.1 club
• 2.2 Custom

Career

Association

Koļinko began his career in 1994 at the Latvian club Inter Account Riga. For the following year joined the keeper to discount - Metals, before he moved in 1996 to the Latvian record champions Skonto Riga. With discount Koļinko won between 1997 and 2000 four times in a row the National Championship, and in 1997, 1998 and 2000, the Latvian Cup. After he was able to prevail as a goalkeeper, and showed good performances for his club, and foreign clubs were aware of him. Signed in 2000 Koļinko finally the English club Crystal Palace a contract. Crystal the goalkeeper played in the next 2 ½ years in the Football League First Division. For a scandal caused Koļinko, as he sat in a game his team on the bench and with a goal against his team applauded. Through this action, both parties decided to go their separate ways, and Koļinko was dismissed. In the Russian league in FK Rostov, the goalkeeper found a new club again, but moved after only a short time to Rubin Kazan. 2008 Koļinko was with ruby ​​Russian master, the club but then left to return to his homeland, where he was engaged by Olimps Riga. After only a few months, the contract was dissolved again and Koļinko joined the Romanian club Dinamo Bucharest. Once he arrived there, however, at no league use, he traded for the third time in 2009, the club and signed in his home at FK Ventspils again. With the FRP Koļinko won the Baltic League 2009/10. In the summer of 2010, the now 35 -year-old moved abroad again and joined the Premjer League Club Spartak Nalchik, where he competed with the Finnish goalkeeper Otto Fredrikson to the status of number one. After only half a year was in February 2011 that the keeper Spartak is left again and returns to the Russian second division Baltika Kaliningrad. He has since substitute goalkeeper for the club since 2002 belonging to Aleksei Rogachyov.

National

Koļinko was 1997 national player of his home country when he was established on 7 July of the year in the game against Estonia .. He wore by its parades to the fact that Latvia 2004, qualify for the first time for a big football tournament, the UEFA European Football Championship in Portugal could, however, where they were eliminated without a win in the first round. Before Andrey Pavlov and Andrey Piedels Koļinko then went number one in the tournament and came in all three possible encounters his team to use. His debut at the European Championships was the goalkeeper on 15 June 2004 against the selection of the Czech Republic. After a 1-0 lead, the game was lost 1:2. In the next game against Germany Koļinko remained insurmountable, so both teams split draw.

Achievements

Association

• Latvian champions Skonto Riga with: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
• Latvian Cup winner with Skonto Riga: 1997, 1998, 2000
• Baltic League with FK Ventspils: 2010
• Champion of Russia with Rubin Kazan: 2008

Individually

• Latvian Footballer of the Year: 2006