Maksims Uvarenko (born 17 January 1987 in

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) is a Latvian

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Career

Uvarenko signed a contract with

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in January 2006. He made his debut the following year. Being a bright talent in

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, he played for many Latvian national youth teams. It was difficult for him to find a place in the starting line-up, since he joined the team, so he signed a contract with the

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club

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in February 2010, hoping to become the first choice keeper there. In 2012, Uvarenko joined his former club

FK Ventspils FK Ventspils was a Latvian professional football club based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils. It was one of the most prominent football clubs in the country. The club played in the Latvian Virslīga since 1997. It folded in July ...

in the

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. On 13 January 2015, Uvarenko signed with

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on a one-and-a-half-year deal. He kept a

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in his official debut for the "redmen" on 21 March 2015 – a 0:0 home draw with Beroe.

National team

Uvarenko played for the Latvian U-17 in 2003.Maksims Uvarenko
at

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.com, retrieved 18-4-2015

References

1987 births Living people Latvian men's footballers Latvia men's youth international footballers Latvian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Latvian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Men's association football goalkeepers FC Slovan Liberec players MFK Vítkovice players FC Vysočina Jihlava players FK Ventspils players PFC CSKA Sofia players FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce players Czech First League players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Sportspeople from Ventspils Latvian people of Ukrainian descent Levanger FK players {{Latvia-footy-bio-stub