Valērijs Šabala

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Valērijs Šabala
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-10-12) 12 October 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Riga, Latvia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Chojniczanka Chojnice
Number 20
Youth career
–2009
Daugava Rīga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009
Daugava Rīga
 2 (0)
2010 Olimps 21 (6)
2011–2013 Skonto Riga 77 (28)
2014–2017 Club Brugge 0 (0)
2014 → Skonto Riga (loan) 9 (5)
2014 → Anorthosis Famagusta (loan) 8 (0)
2015 → Baumit Jablonec (loan) 9 (2)
2015–2016 → Miedź Legnica (loan) 9 (3)
2016 →
Příbram
(loan)		 7 (2)
2016 → DAC Dunajská Streda (loan) 13 (1)
2017 → Riga (loan) 13 (4)
2017–2019 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 61 (21)
2019–2020 Miedź Legnica 16 (2)
2019–2020 Miedź Legnica II 2 (0)
2020–2021 Sūduva 13 (4)
2021 Viitorul Constanța 5 (0)
2021 GKS Bełchatów 12 (1)
2021 Liepāja 11 (2)
2022 KÍ Klaksvík 24 (5)
2023 B36 Tórshavn 26 (11)
2024– Chojniczanka Chojnice 15 (4)
International career
2010–2011 Latvia U17 5 (0)
2011–2012 Latvia U19 13 (2)
2012–2013 Latvia U21 3 (2)
2013–2019 Latvia 53 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:27, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Valērijs Šabala (born 12 October 1994) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a forward for II liga club Chojniczanka Chojnice.

Club career

Early career

As a youth player Šabala was a member of

Daugava Rīga academy. With the club winning the 2008 Latvian First League and being promoted to the Latvian Higher League for the 2009 season, Šabala was one of the youngsters to be included in the first team squad by the manager Vladimirs Beļajevs.[1] Šabala made his debut on 15 October 2009, having just turned 15, when he came on as a substitute in the 46th minute in an 8–0 loss against the defending champions FK Ventspils.[2] Three days later he appeared in the match against FC Tranzit, coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute. Daugava Rīga were relegated to the Latvian First League and Šabala joined the Latvian Higher League newcomers JFK Olimps in January 2010. Šabala scored his first Latvian Higher League goal on 23 April 2010 in a match against Skonto Riga. At the time he was 15 years and 193 days old, which made him the youngest ever goalscorer in the history of Latvian championship and all the top tier European football leagues.[3] His record was broken on 10 June 2014, when Skonto Riga midfielder Jānis Grīnbergs scored a penalty against Daugava Daugavpils being just 15 years and 102 days old.[4]
All in all that season Šabala played 21 league matches and scored 6 goals.

Skonto Riga

In February 2011 Šabala joined that time Latvian Higher League champions Skonto Riga.[5] In his debut season with the club he was rarely used in the first eleven and often came on as a substitute, scoring 2 goals in 22 matches. Šabala scored his first league goal for Skonto on 25 September 2011 against his former club JFK Olimps. Despite the limited playing time, he was named Young player of the year and received the Ilmārs Liepiņš prize.[6] Throughout the season Šabala went on short term trials with Arsenal, Watford and Udinese Calcio.[7]

In January 2012 Šabala went on trial with the

Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.[11] In November information appeared in the media that CSKA Moscow were ready to offer Skonto 3.5 million euros for the player, but eventually the move did not occur.[12] Šabala finished the 2012 season as the 5th top scorer of the league with 11 goals. In December he received the Ilmārs Liepiņš prize as the Young player of the year for the second season in a row.[13]

In the 2013 season Šabala scored 15 league goals, coming one goal short to his teammate

Hellas Verona and Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge.[16]

Club Brugge

On 29 January 2014 Šabala joined the Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge, signing a contract till 30 June 2018. In order to get immediate playing time he was loaned back to Skonto till 1 July 2014.[17] During the loan spell Šabala appeared in 9 league matches and scored 5 goals. Having spent the pre-season preparation period with Club Brugge, Šabala was given out on another loan to the Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta on 22 August 2014.[18]

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

After loan stints in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Latvia, on August 4, 2017, Šabala signed a two-year contract with I liga side Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.[19] He became the top scorer of the 2018–19 I liga season, scoring 12 goals.

International career

Šabala was a member of all international youth teams and made his debut for the Latvia national football team on 24 May 2013 in a friendly match against Qatar.[20] In the next match he scored his first goals for the national team, scoring twice in a friendly against Turkey,[21] becoming the youngest ever international goal scorer for Latvia. His first official qualifier match was the 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[22]

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 July 2014[23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FK Daugava 2009
Virsliga
 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
JFK Olimps 2010 Virsliga 21 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 6
Skonto FC 2010 Virsliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 1
2011 Virsliga 22 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 2
2012 Virsliga 31 11 4 0 2 0 0 0 37 11
2013 Virsliga 24 15 4 3 4 1 0 0 32 19
2014 Virsliga 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5
Total 86 33 9 3 8 1 3 1 106 38
Career total 109 39 9 3 8 1 4 1 130 44
  1. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Baltic League and Latvian Supercup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[24]
National team Year Apps Goals
Latvia
2013 8 3
2014 7 3
2015 7 2
2016 8 2
2017 10 3
2018 11 0
2019 2 0
Total 53 13
Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Šabala goal.
List of international goals scored by Valērijs Šabala[25]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 28 May 2013
Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg
, Germany		  Turkey 2–3 3–3
Friendly
2 3–3
3 15 October 2013 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Slovakia 1–2 2–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 3 September 2014 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Armenia 1–0 2–0 Friendly
5 2–0
6 13 October 2014 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Turkey 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
7 3 September 2015
Torku Arena, Konya
, Turkey		  Turkey 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
8 10 October 2015 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Iceland 2–2 2–2 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
9 29 March 2016
Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar
  Gibraltar 3–0 5–0 Friendly
10 6 September 2016 Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra  Andorra 1–0 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 10 October 2017 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Andorra 2–0 4–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 3–0
13 13 November 2017 Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica, Kosovo  Kosovo 2–1 3–4 Friendly

Honours

Skonto

KÍ Klaksvik

Latvia

Individual

References

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  2. ^ "FK Ventspils ar 8:0 sagrauj Daugavu". Diena.lv. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Valērijs Šabala - skontofc.com". Skontofc.com. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Grīnbergs labo Šabalas rekordu un kļūst par jaunāko vārtu guvēju Virslīgā". Sportacentrs.com. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Žuniors tuvu pārejai uz "Maccabi", Šabala pievienojas "Skonto"". Sportacentrs.com. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  6. ^ "LFF Gada futbola laureātu vakars 2011. gads". LFF.lv. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Valērijs Šabala: "Ir jākļūst šeit par labāko un tad var lūkoties ārzemju virzienā"". H-side.lv. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Šabala un Jagodinskis pārbaudās "Dynamo", Jemeļins Polijā nepaliks". Sportacentrs.com. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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  10. ^ "Labākie jūnijā – Šabala un Pahars". Sportacentrs.com. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Šabala aizvada pilnu spēli Maskavas CSKA rindās". Sportacentrs.com. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  12. ^ "Latvijas futbolists Šabala par iespaidīgu pārejas naudu varētu pievienoties CSKA". Delfi.lv. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  13. ^ "LFF Gada futbola laureātu vakars 2012. gads". LFF.lv. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  14. ^ "Skonto spēlē teicami, gūst skaistus vārtus un pieveic Slovan". Sportacentrs.com. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  15. ^ "Noteikta 2013.gada "SMScredit.lv" Virslīgas simboliskā izlase". LFF.lv. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  16. ^ "Koļesņičenko: "Esam vainīgi, bet LFF nav vienādi stingra pret visiem"". Sportacentrs.com. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  17. ^ ""Skonto FC" vienojušies ar slaveno beļģu klubu "Club Brugge" par Šabalas pāreju". Skontofc.com. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  18. ^ "Šabala apstiprina pievienošanos Kipras klubam "Anorthosis"". Sportacentrs.com. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  19. ^ "Šabala karjeru turpinās Polijas 1. līgā". Sportacentrs.com. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  20. delfi.lv
    . 24 May 2013.
  21. delfi.lv
    . 28 May 2013.
  22. delfi.lv
    . 7 June 2013.
  23. ^ Valērijs Šabala at Soccerway
  24. ^ "Valerijs Šabala". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  25. ^ "NFT Profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  26. ^ "Valērijs Šabala". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  27. ^ "Strzelcy". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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