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.^{[ citation needed]}

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
1	31 August 2017	Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	1–2	1–3	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

FK Jelgava

• Latvian Football Cup: 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

Latvia

• Baltic Cup: 2014, 2016

Individual

• Best defender of 2016 Latvian Higher League ^[6]

References

External links

• Gints Freimanis at Soccerway

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