Antons Jemeļins (born 19 February 1984 in Liepāja) is a Latvian football defender who currently plays for the Lithuanian A Lyga club FK Atlantas.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antons Jemeļins | ||
| Date of birth | (1984-02-19) 19 February 1984 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth |
Liepāja, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Republic of Latvia) | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FK Atlantas | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FK Liepājas Metalurgs | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2011 | FK Liepājas Metalurgs | 95 | (13) |
| 2012 | FK Spartaks Jūrmala | 33 | (12) |
| 2013 | FK Liepājas Metalurgs | 20 | (7) |
| 2014 | FC Tiraspol | 0 | (0) |
| 2014– | FK Atlantas | 10 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Latvia U-21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2005–2012 | Latvia | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 January 2015 | |||
Jemeļins started his career with Liepājas Metalurgs in 2004. He scored one goal in the 2005 Virslīga season when the club beat FK Rīga 6-0 on 21 September 2005.[1] He also played for Liepājas Metalurgs reserves in 2005 scoring four goals and[1] 2006 scoring two goals.[2]
Jemeļins has played for Latvia national under-21 football team. He was in the squad for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification matches.[3] On 2 November 2005 Jemeļins was firstly called up to Latvia national football team by manager by that time manager Jurijs Andrejevs for a friendly match against Belarus on 12 November.[4] In May 2012 Jemeļins was re-called to the national team by the manager Aleksandrs Starkovs for the Baltic Cup matches in June. Latvia went on to win the tournament but Jemeļins remained an unused substitute during both matches.[5]
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