Aivars Drupass (1963–1999) was a Latvian football forward.

Playing career

At the age of 18 the talented forward who was previously coached by Latvian footballer

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joined FK Daugava Rīga. In his first season for Daugava he played in just one game. Since he had to join the army, for several years Drupass played in army clubs – SKA Khabarovsk and

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but in 1986 he was back in Daugava (6 goals in 33 matches). In 1992, he played 2 games for

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, the Latvian champion. Drupass also made 4 international appearances for

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(including in the first international match for Latvia after regaining of independence). He died from a serious illness at the age of just 36 years.

Honours

* Latvian Champion (1): **1992

References

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