Mihails Ziziļevs (born 27 December 1973) is a

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midfielder who currently plays for

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in the Lithuanian A Lyga.

Playing career

Ziziļevs started his career at his local club DJSS Daugavpils in the early 1990s. Until 2000 he played in his hometown, but then got an offer from Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan. After two seasons in Russia Ziziļevs came back to Daugavpils and joined its local club

Dinaburg FC Dinaburg FC was a Latvian football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. In 2009 it merged with FK Daugava. The club played at the Daugava Stadium (capacity 4,070). On October 5, 2009, Dinaburg was expelled from the Virsliga and both the pre ...

. After a few seasons in Latvia Ziziļevs moved back to Russia, where he played for

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and later also Luch-Energiya Vladivostok. Afterwards Ziziļevs came back to

once more and after a very successful season he joined FK Ventspils, where playing for 3 seasons, he helped the club win the Latvian Higher League in 2006. In 2010 Ziziļevs joined

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. In 2012, as the club's captain, he helped Daugava win the Latvian Higher League for the first time in the club's history. In 2013 they also lifted the first ever Latvian Supercup. On 6 April 2013 Ziziļevs played his 400th game in the Latvian Higher League and was locally referred to as the Latvian

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. In March 2014, when his contract with Daugava had expired, Ziziļevs moved to the Lithuanian A Lyga side

to continue his professional footballer's career, at the time being 40 years old.

Awards

* Champion of Latvia - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 * Latvian Cup winner - 2007 * Latvian Supercup winner - 2013

References

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* * 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Daugavpils Latvian people of Russian descent Latvian men's footballers Latvia men's international footballers Latvian Higher League players FK Ventspils players FK Liepājas Metalurgs players Dinaburg FC players FC Rubin Kazan players Latvian expatriate men's footballers Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Russia FC Luch Vladivostok players FC Metallurg Lipetsk players FC Daugava players Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in Russia {{Latvia-footy-bio-stub