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Klāvs Bethers (born 24 December 2003) is a Latvian
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who plays as a
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for Italian club
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and the Latvian national under-21 team.


Career

Bethers started his career in his native Latvia with
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, then making his senior debut in the 2020 Latvian First League with Grobiņas SC. In January 2022, he left Latvia to move to Italy, joining Sicilian
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amateur club Città di Sant'Agata. Following that, he was signed by
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club
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, who then loaned him out to
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for the
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season, where Bethers played as a regular and won promotion to Serie C. In 2023, Catania signed Bethers permanently from Piacenza. Despite the acquisition of a more experienced goalkeeper in Alessandro Livieri, Bethers managed to confirm himself as the first choice for Catania in his role also during the
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season.


Honours

;Catania *
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(Group I)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bethers, Klavs 2003 births Living people People from Aizpute Latvian men's footballers Latvia men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Catania FC players