Oskars Kļava

Oskars Kļava

With Khimki in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Oskars Kļava
Date of birth	8 August 1983 (1983-08-08) (age 28)
Place of birth	Liepāja, Latvia, USSR (now Republic of Latvia)
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Khimki
Number	35
Youth career
	Liepājas Metalurgs
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2010	Liepājas Metalurgs	187	(10)
2010–	Anzhi Makhachkala	11	(0)
2011–	→ Khimki (loan)	3	(0)
National team‡
2002–2004	Latvia U-21		(2)
2005–	Latvia	49	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 August 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 August 2011

Oskars Kļava (born 8 August 1983) is a Latvian football defender, currently playing for FC Khimki on loan from FC Anzhi Makhachkala.^[1]

Club career

As a youth player Kļava played for FK Liepājas Metalurgs youth team, making his first-team debut in 2002. That same year he made his Eurocups debut and was sent of against Austrian club FC Kärnten in a UEFA Cup 2002-03 qualifying round match, which Kärnten won 2-0 on August 15.^[2]

In January 2008 Klava went on trial with Football League One side Leeds United in England.^[3]

In June 2010 Kļava was taken on trial once again - this time with the Russian side FC Anzhi Makhachkala and signed a three-year contract with them in August, the same year. Kļava was given the nr. 83 jersey and, despite his surname being Kļava, he has his name Oskars written on it. He played 11 matches in the first team, as well as 12 matches in the reserve team, scoring 1 goal.

In August 2011 he was given to FK Khimki on a half-year loan, finding it hard to get a place in the starting line-up after Roberto Carlos's arrival.

International career

Kļava has represented Latvia national under-21 football team and since 2005 has been a vital member for the full international side. Kļava made his international debut in 2005 in a 1-1 draw against Thailand under that time national team's manager Jurijs Andrejevs, who had picked him up for a tournament in Bahrain. Kļava scored his first international goal in October 2007 against Iceland.^[4]

Honours

Club

• Virsliga champion (2): 2005, 2009
• Virsliga runner-up (4): 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008
• Latvian Cup winner (1): 2006
• Baltic League Champion (1): 2007

National team

• Baltic Cup winner (1): 2008

References

1. ^ http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/oskars-klava/profil/spieler_22685.html
2. ^ "Kärnten beat ten-man Metalurgs". UEFA. 2002-08-15. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=2002/round=1625/match=69730/report=rp.html. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 
3. ^ "Trio on trial at Leeds". Sky Sports. 2007-07-19. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11719_3075024,00.html. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 
4. ^ "Iceland caught cold by Latvia revival". UEFA. 2007-10-13. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20080102135714/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/fixturesresults/round=2241/match=83739/report=rp.html. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 

External links

• Oskars Klava career stats at Soccerbase
• Oskars Kļava at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Klava, Oskars
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	8 August 1983
Place of birth	Liepāja, Latvia, USSR (now Republic of Latvia)
Date of death
Place of death