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

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

International career

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.

Illness and death

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

Career statistics

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
131 August 2017Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary Hungary1–21–32018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

FK Jelgava

Latvia

Individual

References

  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. 1 2 "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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