Andrejs Rubins
Andrejs Rubins ( Russian Андрей Владимирович Рубин; Andrei Vladimirovich Rubin; * November 26, 1978 in Riga ) is a former Latvian football player who last played for Azerbaijani club PFK Simurq Zaqatala and from 1998 to 2011 Member of the Latvian national football team.
Career
Association
Andrejs Rubins began his career in 1996 at the Latvian second division FK Auda. After not a single League game use changed in 1997 to Sweden to Östers IF from the city Växjö. After eleven league games in the Fotbollsallsvenskan he returning in 1998 to Latvia and went to the record champions Skonto Riga. With discount he came regularly used and completed in two years 67 league games and there he met 14 times. In addition, he three times won the championship twice and the national cup. In October 2000, he spent two million pounds sterling in the English Football League First Division at Crystal Palace, where he played with his teammates from the national team Aleksandrs Koļinko. On November 1, scored in the 3-0 win in the League Cup against Leicester City will be Premierentor. On 10 January 2001, he scored again in the League Cup a goal, this time at the surprising 2-1 victory over Liverpool. In December 2002 it was announced that Rubins changes in January 2003 to the Russian top club Spartak Moscow. Just three months later he was without making a single League game sold to Schinnik Yaroslavl and was able to end the season in 2004 recorded 51 league games and scored four goals. In January 2005, he signed a five -year contract with his former club Spartak Moscow, the former athletic director Latvian Aleksandrs Starkovs led him to a new change. But the second attempt at Spartak was not as successful. After just five games, he was loaned to his former club Schinnik Yaroslavl for a year in January 2006. In June 2007, it was rumored that Ruby could possibly go to Blackpool FC, but was then awarded to the Virsliga to Liepaja Metalurgs for half a year. There he accomplished with his team winning the Baltic League 2007.
In January 2008 he moved to Azerbaijan for FK Inter Baku. There he succeeded in winning the Premyer Liqasi 2010. In 49 games, he hit nine goals. In 2010 he went to the reigning champions FK Qarabağ Aghdam. Only a year later he moved to league rivals PFK Simurq Zaqatala. After spending a season there, Rubin ended his active career.
National
His debut in the national team he was on 10 November 1998 in the 0-3 defeat against Tunisia. When you win the Baltic Cup 2001 he scored in a 4-1 victory over Lithuania between the temporal equalizer and thus his first international goal. Also in triumph in the Baltic Cup 2003, he met again against Lithuania for the brief 2-0 lead. 2004 succeeded his country reaching the final of the European Football Championship 2004. In group D, they lost against superior teams from the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, but reached by a 0-0 draw with Germany a moderate success and brought this several times to the brink of defeat. On 1 April 2009 he graduated from the World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg his 100th game. Previously Rubin played 117 internationals for his country, in which he scored nine goals.
Achievements
- Virsliga: 1998, 1999, 2000
- Latvian Football Cup: 1998, 2000
- Baltic League 2007
- Premyer Liqasi: 2010
- Baltic Cup: 2001, 2003