Kristaps Grebis (born 13 December 1980) is a Latvian former professional

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who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in

Liepāja Liepāja () (formerly: Libau) is a Administrative divisions of Latvia, state city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea. It is the largest city in the Courland region and the third-largest in the country after Riga and Daugavpils. It is an ...

, Grebis started his professional career in 2000 with Liepājas Metalurgs. Making seven appearances and scoring one goal in his first season, he later had a short spell with FK Rīga, returning to Liepāja in 2002. This time playing there for four consecutive seasons, in 2006 he left for

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club () is a professional association football, football club based in Oxford, England. The club compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football league system, English football. Founded as Headingto ...

. Grebis had his contract with Oxford United cancelled by mutual consent in March 2007, as this period of his career was not the best. Later on he joined FK Ventspils, but in 2008 came back to his home land team Liepājas Metalurgs. He played there for two years, until 2008, making 63 appearances and scoring 48 goals. In 2009, he was the best scorer of the Virsliga championship with 30 goals in one season. This was definitely the best period in his career, while playing in

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. In February 2011 he joined

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, after being on trial with them for two weeks. His stay in Cyprus was short. After four days on the squad, the club may have used a ruse of undiagnosed heart problems found during the medical tests. Grebis maintained he had none. It was speculated a reason for his release needed to be found. A week later he signed a contract with FK Gence, playing in the

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. In July 2011 Grebis moved to Simurq Zaqatala. In August 2012 he was signed by the German

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club Viktoria 1889. He left the club in February 2013, having played five league matches, and returned to the

Latvian Higher League Latvian Higher League or Virslīga, also known as TonyBet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Latvia and the highest level of the Latvian football league system. Organised by the Latvian Footbal ...

, signing with Daugava Rīga. Grebis played nine matches for Daugava, marking one goal to his name, before joining

FC Jūrmala FC Jūrmala was a Latvian association football, football club from Jūrmala, founded in 2008. They last played in the Latvian First League. The home ground was Sloka Stadium in Jūrmala with capacity of 5,000 people. Until 2015, FC Jūrmala was o ...

in July 2013. Prior to the 2014 season Grebis returned to his home-town Liepāja and signed a contract with the newly established club

FK Liepāja FK Liepāja is a Latvian professional football club established in 2014. The club is based at the Daugava Stadium in Liepāja. FK Liepāja plays in the Latvian Higher League. In their first season they finished 4th in the 2014 Latvian Higher ...

, led by his former international teammate Māris Verpakovskis. He scored on his debut for the club. Grebis retired after the 2018 season.

International career

Grebis made his debut for

in 2008. He has collected 13 appearances and scored 2 international goals.

Honours

: 2005, 2007, 2009 * Latvian Football Cup: 2006, 2007 *

Baltic League The Baltic League (officially known as the Triobet Baltic League) was a Baltic men's football club tournament held four times between the top club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Launched in 2007 inspired by the now defunct Scandinavi ...

: 2007

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grebis, Kristaps 1980 births Living people Footballers from Liepāja Latvian men's footballers Men's association football forwards FK Liepājas Metalurgs players FK Rīga players Oxford United F.C. players FK Ventspils players Simurq PIK players FK Daugava (2003) players FC Jūrmala players FK Liepāja players Latvian Higher League players National League (English football) players Latvian expatriate men's footballers Latvia men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Latvian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Germany