Andrejs Štolcers

Andrejs Štolcers
Personal information
Date of birth	8 July 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth	Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union; (now Latvia)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	Olimpija Rīga
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1994	Olimpija Rīga
1996–1997	Skonto Riga
1997–2000	Shakhtar Donetsk
1998–2000	→ Shakhtar-2 Donetsk
2000	→ Spartak Moscow (loan)
2000–2004	Fulham
2004–2005	Yeovil Town
2005–2006	FK Baku
2006–2007	Skonto Riga
2007–2009	JFK Olimps Rīga
2009–2010	Bath City
2010	Hayes & Yeading United
Total
International career
1994–2005	Latvia
Managerial career
2009	JFK Olimps Rīga (playing coach)
2010–2019	Royal Russell School (youth team coach)
2019	Eastern
2019–2020	Eastern (technical director)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrejs Štolcers (born 8 July 1974) is a Latvian former professional

attacking midfielder.^[1]

Club career

Born in Riga, Latvia, Štolcers started his career for Olimpija Rīga. He played there for two years from 1992 to 1994, making 53 league appearances and scoring 22 goals. In 1996, he was taken to Skonto Riga, where he showed his high scoring ability, scoring 15 goals in one season.

In 1997, he started his career abroad, joining the Ukrainian club

FK Baku

. He only played ten games for them and scored four goals.

In 2006, he returned to his native Latvia, rejoining Skonto Riga. In the upcoming season he scored three goals in 16 matches for them and was released. In 2007, he joined

JFK Olimps Rīga

as the only experienced player in the team to help youngsters with their development. He played 22 matches and scored five goals from 2007 to 2009.

In 2009, he once again left Latvia, unsuccessfully trying to get into the Yeovil Town squad after being on trial, and later joining Bath City. He scored one goal in eight matches for them, and in 2010, Štolcers joined Hayes & Yeading United, where he retired from playing football with one goal in nine matches in his final season.

International career

Štolcers's international debut for the

2004 European Championships

, held in Portugal.

Managerial career

After being released from Hayes and Yeading United in May 2010, Štolcers started his coaching career. Štolcers took part in an international project called Concept4Football, helping youngsters who are not older than 16 years to develop their football abilities.^[1]

On 29 May 2011, Štolcers took part in the London Legends tournament held at Craven Cottage. In the semi-final match against Chelsea legends, he scored a goal from the penalty spot, but that did not save Fulham from losing 5–1.^[1]

In 2015, Štolcers was head coach for Stevenage FC, coaching U18's.

In 2016, Štolcers was appointed his first senior professional coaching role as head coach in Lisbon for FC G.S. De Loures.

Between 2016 and 2019 Štolcers was Head Coach for U14's and U16's in Fulham FC Foundation.

On 14 February 2019, Štolcers was appointed to his second senior professional coaching role as the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.^[5] He was also named the club's Technical Director. He left the club on 1 June 2020 after his contract expired.

In November 2020, he began teaching at Glyn School.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[6]^[7]
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shakhtar Donetsk	1997–98	Vyshcha Liha	13	4			–		–		–		13	4
	1998–99		21	6			–		2	1	–		23	7
	1999–2000		15	4			–		4	2	–		19	6
	Total		49	14			0	0	6	3	0	0	55	17
Spartak Moscow	2000	Russian Top Division	12	5			–		3	0	–		12	5
Fulham	2000–01	First Division	15	2	1	0	1	0	–		–		17	2
	2001–02	Premier League	5	0	1	0	0	0	–		–		6	0
	2002–03		5	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–		9	0
	2003–04		0	0	0	0	1	0	–		–		1	0
	Total		25	2	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	33	2
Yeovil Town	2004–05	League Two	36	4	5	1	1	0	–		1	1	43	6
Baku	2005–06	Azerbaijan Top League	10	4			–		2	1	–		12	5
Career total			132	29	7	1	5	0	13	4	1	0	158	34

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[7]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Latvia	1994	2	0
	1995	2	0
	1996	7	0
	1997	14	1
	1998	6	2
	1999	8	1
	2000	7	1
	2001	8	1
	2002	8	1
	2003	11	0
	2004	4	0
	2005	4	0
Total		81	7

Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Štolcers goal.

List of international goals scored by Andrejs Štolcers^[8]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 June 1997	Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia	Andorra	1–0	4–1	Friendly
2	6 September 1998	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	2–1	3–1	Euro 2000 qualifying
3	10 October 1998	Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia	Georgia	1–0	1–0	Euro 2000 qualifying
4	4 September 1999	Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania	Albania	3–1	3–3	Euro 2000 qualifying
5	4 February 2000	Pafiako Stadium, Paphos , Greece	Slovakia	1–3	1–3	2000 Cyprus International Tournament
6	24 March 2001	Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek , Croatia	Croatia	1–3	1–4	2002 World Cup qualification
7	17 April 2002	Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils, Riga	Kazakhstan	2–1	2–1	Friendly