Kristaps Zommers (born 7 January 1997) is a Latvian professional

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who plays as a

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for Riga FC.

Club career

As a youth player, Zommers joined the youth academy of Aarhus Gymnastikforening in Denmark. He started his career with

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. In the 2015-16 Serie D, Kristaps made 25 appearances and kept 17 clean sheets. Local journalists were deterred by the fact that he cannot speak Italian fluently so his interviews were conducted in English. In an interview with the Italian show ''Sports Bar'', he said, "In football, you know, things may not always go smoothly; it only affects work and will continue to give my best in training. I am convinced, that our quality, in the long run, will come out." On 17 January 2019, he was released from his Parma contract by mutual consent. In 2020, he signed for

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. Zommers returned to Latvia and signed with Valmieras FK on 10 September 2020. In 2022, he signed for Super Nova. On 30 January 2023, Zommers signed for Riga FC.

International

Zommers made his Latvia U-21 debut versus

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in the Baltic Cup and is deemed the highest prospect in Latvian goalkeeping.

References

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