Artūrs Zjuzins (born 18 June 1991) is a Latvian

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midfielder who plays for Norwegian club Nybergsund.

Club career

In his youth career Artūrs Zjuzins played for Jūrmala-VV, signing his first professional contract in 2007 with

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. He played only 2 matches there, being sent to Tranzit in 2009. He played 17 matches there, scoring 1 goal. In 2010, he was taken back to

. Elected as the team's captain he played 20 matches that season, scoring 2 goals. In January 2011 it was reported that Zjuzins hadn't been let to join

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for €425'000. In March 2011 Zjuzins signed a contract with MŠK Žilina, playing in the Slovak Corgoň Liga. It was reported then, that the player had joined the club illegally, with no permission from

, but the situation was solved calmly and the player was let to join the Slovak side. He made his debut for

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against

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on 15 March 2011, he also scored his first goal for the club then. Despite some good performances, he was released after the season. In August 2011 he was signed by the Russian National Football League team Baltika Kaliningrad as a free agent. During his first season in Kaliningrad Zjuzins scored 3 goals in 19 matches. The second season saw him score once in 25 games.

International career

Zjuzins has represented

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at both U-19 and U-21 levels. He received his first full international call-up for

in 2012 for a friendly match against

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on 29 February. Zjuzins scored his first international goal for Latvia in a 1–1 friendly match draw against

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on 14 August 2013. That was the debut match for Marians Pahars as the national team's manager. Zjuzins scored for the second match in a row on 6 September 2013, when Latvia beat

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2–1 in a

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qualifying match.

International goals

:''As of match played 6 June 2022. Latvia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zjuzins goal.''

Honours

;Ventspils * Latvian Higher League (2):

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

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(1): 2007 ;Latvia * Baltic Cup (1):

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