Kristaps Zommers

Kristaps Zommers (born 7 January 1997) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Valmieras FK.[1][2]

Kristaps Zommers
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997
Place of birth Riga, Latvia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Valmieras
Number 97
Youth career
0000–2014 Daugava Rīga
2014–2015 AGF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Parma 54 (0)
2017–2018 → Pordenone (loan) 0 (0)
2018 → Cosenza (loan) 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Imolese (loan) 5 (0)
2019 Liepāja 6 (0)
2020 Nara 0 (0)
2020– Valmieras 0 (0)
National team
2014 Latvia U17 10 (0)
2014–2015 Latvia U18 4 (0)
2015–2016 Latvia U19 4 (0)
2016–2018 Latvia U21 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:05, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

In the 2015-16 Serie D, Kristaps made 25 appearances and kept 17 clean sheets.[3]

Local journalists were deterred by the fact that he can't speak Italian fluently so his interviews were conducted in English.[4]

In an interview with the Italian show "Sports Bar" he said that "In football, you know, things may not always go smoothly; it only affects work and will continue to give my best in training. I am convinced, that our quality, in the long run, will come out."[5] On 17 January 2019 he was released from his Parma contract by mutual consent.[6]

After a spell in Japan, Zommers returned to Latvia and signed with Valmieras FK on 10 September 2020.[7]

International

Zommers made his Latvia U-21 debut versus Estonia in the Baltic Cup and is deemed the highest prospect in Latvian goalkeeping.[8]

References
  1. Kristaps Zommers at Soccerway
  2. "Kristaps Zommers".
  3. "Kristaps Zommers - Guarding the Parma Revolution". 29 February 2016.
  4. "Latviešu 'krustnesis' futbola kluba 'Parma' glābšanas plānā - 19 gadus vecais vārtsargs Kristaps Zommers". March 2016.
  5. http://parmacalcio1913.com/27107
  6. "ZOMMERS'S CONTRACT TERMINATED BY MUTUAL CONSENT". Parma. 17 January 2019.
  7. "Valmiera" prezentē jaunpienācējus: klāt Kamerūnas izlases aizsargs un Zommers, sportacentrs.com, 10 September 2020
  8. "EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Latvia U21 and Parma Goalkeeper Kristaps Zommers – Futbols Latvia". futbolslatvia.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016.


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