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Gints Freimanis

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Gints Freimanis
Freimanis playing for Jelgava in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-05-09)9 May 1985
Place of birth Saldus, Latvian SSR, USSR
Date of death 6 June 2023(2023-06-06) (aged 38)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Viola[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Ventspils 0 (0)
2006 Dižvanagi 13 (0)
2006–2007 Jelgava 20 (11)
2007 Jūrmala 16 (1)
2008 Rīga 13 (1)
2009 St Patrick's Athletic 2 (0)
2010–2011 Jelgava 28 (1)
2012 Pommern Greifswald 24 (2)
2013–2018 Jelgava 110 (2)
2018–2020 Spartaks Jūrmala 51 (2)
2020–2022 Saldus SS/Leevon 34 (1)
Total 310 (21)
International career
2014–2018 Latvia 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gints Freimanis (9 May 1985 – 6 June 2023) was a Latvian professional footballer who played as a right-back.

Club career

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Freimanis joined Saldus SS/Leevon in 2020.[2]

International career

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Freimanis first call-up to the senior Latvia national team squad came in May 2014[3] for the 2014 Baltic Cup, making his national team debut as a 94th-minute substitute in the final game against Lithuania, helping Latvia to win the trophy by a 1–0 scoreline.[citation needed]

Illness and death

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Freimanis was diagnosed with skin cancer in October 2021.[4] He died on 6 June 2023, at the age of 38.[4]

Career statistics

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Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Freimanis goal.[5]
List of international goals scored by Gints Freimanis
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 31 August 2017 Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 1–2 1–3 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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FK Jelgava

Latvia

Individual

References

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  1. ^ FK «Jelgava» atgriežas Gints Freimanis, jelgavniekiem.lv, 7 January 2010
  2. ^ Freimanis pievienojas pirmās līgas jaunpienācējai no dzimtā Saldus, sportacentrs.com, 15 March 2020
  3. ^ "LFF: Izlasē iekļauts Gints Freimanis". Arhivs.lff.lv. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b "В возрасте 38 лет скончался бывший футболист сборной Латвии". Футбол (in Russian). 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Freimanis, Gints". National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Krāšņā LFF Laureātu vakarā sveikti gada labākie Latvijas futbolā - Latvijas Futbola federācija". Lff.lv. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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