Imants Bleidelis

Imants Bleidelis ( born August 16, 1975 in Riga ) is a former Latvian football player.

Career

The right-sided midfielder started his footballing career at Skonto Riga. He changed during the season 1999/2000 for £ 600,000 (pounds ) for Southampton FC in the English Premier League. After an unconvincing year with only two appearances in the English top flight, he moved to Viborg FF. From early 2005 until end of season 2005/ 06 Bleidelis played for Grazer AK. 2006 Bledelis went back to Latvia. He played in the Virsliga first for the FK Jurmala, Liepaja Metalurgs from 2007, before he ended his career in July 2008.

National

Imants Bleidelis has (until 2007) 106 inserts in the Latvian national stand beech, in which he was able to achieve ten goals. His debut Bleidelis 1995. He played for Latvia at the European Championships in Portugal in 2004.

Clubs

  • FC Skonto Riga until 2000
  • Southampton FC, 2000-2002
  • Viborg FF, 2003-2004
  • Grazer AK, 2005-2006
  • FK Jurmala 2006-2007
  • Liepaja Metalurgs 2007-2008

Statistics ( games / goals )

1992/93 - Skonto Riga ( 11/1) 1993/94 - Skonto Riga (11/ 0) 1994/95 - Skonto Riga (24 /1) 1995/96 - Skonto Riga ( 20/3 ) 1996/97 - Skonto Riga (20 /8) 1997/98 - Skonto Riga (24 /8) 1998/99 - Skonto Riga (19/ 4 Cup: 1/1) 1999/ 00 - Southampton FC (0/0, Cup: 1/1) 2000/ 01 - Southampton FC ( 1/0, Cup: 6/0 ) 2001/ 02 - Southampton FC ( 1/0, Cup: 1/0 ) 2002/ 03 - Viborg FF ( 14/2 ) 2003/ 04 - Viborg FF ( 26/2 ) 2004/ 05 - Viborg FF ( 15/2) Austrian Bundesliga: 2004/ 05 - Grazer AK: (10/ 0) 2005/ 06 - Grazer AK: (18/ 0)

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