Mihails Ziziļevs
Mihails Ziziļevs (born 27 December 1973) is a Latvian football midfielder who currently plays for FK Klaipėdos Granitas in the Lithuanian A Lyga.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mihails Ziziļevs | ||
| Date of birth | 27 December 1973 | ||
| Place of birth |
Daugavpils, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Republic of Latvia) | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FK Klaipėdos Granitas | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992 | DJSS Daugavpils | 19 | (2) |
| 1993–1994 | Auseklis Daugavpils | 39 | (0) |
| 1995 | Vilan-D Daugavpils | 27 | (3) |
| 1996–1999 | Dinaburg FC | 101 | (7) |
| 2000–2001 | Rubin Kazan | 65 | (5) |
| 2001 | Dinaburg FC | 3 | (0) |
| 2002 | FHK Liepājas Metalurgs | 5 | (0) |
| 2002 | FK Ventspils | 8 | (0) |
| 2003 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 34 | (1) |
| 2004 | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 34 | (2) |
| 2005 | Dinaburg FC | 26 | (8) |
| 2006–2008 | FK Ventspils | 71 | (7) |
| 2009 | Dinaburg FC | 17 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | FC Daugava | 90 | (6) |
| 2014– | FK Klaipėdos Granitas | 22 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–2001 | Latvia | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 November 2014 | |||
Playing career
Ziziļevs started his career at his local club DJSS Daugavpils in the early 1990s. Until 2000 he played in his hometown, but then got an offer from Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan. After two seasons in Russia Ziziļevs came back to Daugavpils and joined its local club Dinaburg FC. After a few seasons in Latvia Ziziļevs moved back to Russia, where he played for Metallurg Lipetsk and later also Luch-Energiya Vladivostok. Afterwards Ziziļevs came back to Dinaburg FC once more and after a very successful season he joined FK Ventspils, where playing for 3 seasons, he helped the club win the Latvian Higher League in 2006. In 2010 Ziziļevs joined FC Daugava. In 2012, as the club's captain, he helped Daugava win the Latvian Higher League for the first time in the club's history. In 2013 they also lifted the first ever Latvian Supercup. On 6 April 2013 Ziziļevs played his 400th game in the Latvian Higher League and was locally referred to as the Latvian Ryan Giggs. In March 2014, when his contract with Daugava had expired, Ziziļevs moved to the Lithuanian A Lyga side FK Klaipėdos Granitas to continue his professional footballer's career, at the time being 40 years old.
Awards
- Champion of Latvia - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
- Latvian Cup winner - 2007
- Latvian Supercup winner - 2013