Vadims Žuļevs (born 1 March 1988 in Brocēni) is a Latvian footballer, currently playing for FK Liepāja.
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1988-03-01) 1 March 1988 (age 34) | ||
| Place of birth |
Brocēni, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Republic of Latvia) | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Liepāja | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Brocēni | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | FC Daugava | 39 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Daugava Riga | 13 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Lombard-Pápa TFC | 28 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Jūrmala | 28 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | Jelgava | 37 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Lombard-Pápa TFC | 20 | (1) |
| 2015–2018 | Ventspils | 72 | (1) |
| 2019– | Liepāja | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2005 | Latvia U-17 | 9 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Latvia U-19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Latvia U-21 | 22 | (1) |
| 2018– | Latvia | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 March 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018 | |||
As a youth player Žuļevs played in his home-town Brocēni, signing his first professional contract in 2006 with FK Daugava Daugavpils. Žuļevs played there for 2 years until 2008, making 24 league appearances and scoring no goals. In 2008, he left, signing with FK Daugava Riga. During 1 season there he played 13 matches, scoring 1 goal. In 2009, he went on trial with Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Lombard-Pápa TFC in Hungary and signed a contract with them, leaving Latvian Higher League. All over 3 seasons Žuļevs played 28 games for the Hungarian side. He left in 2012, joining FC Jūrmala in the Latvian Higher League.[2] Žuļevs played 28 matches and scored 2 goals for Jūrmala in the 2012 season, finishing in the sixth place of the league table. In February 2013 he joined the Latvian Higher League club FK Jelgava.[3] In May 2014 Žuļevs helped Jelgava win the Latvian Cup.[4] In July 2014 Žuļevs returned to Hungary, signing a two-year contract with his previous club Lombard-Pápa TFC.[5]
Žuļevs signed with FK Liepāja in the beginning of January 2019.[6]
Žuļevs has made 22 appearances and scored one goal for Latvia U-21. He made his debut for Latvia national football team on 16 October 2018 in a 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D game against Georgia.[7]
FK Liepāja – current squad | |
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