Raivis Andris Jurkovskis (born 7 December 1996) is a Latvian professional

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who plays as a

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for Vīrisliga club

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and the Latvia national team.

Club career

Born in

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, he has played club football for Liepājas Metalurgs 2,

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and

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. In January 2021 he signed for Irish club

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. In December 2021, it was announced that Jurkovskis had returned to Latvia to sign for

International career

After playing for multiple Latvia national youth teams, he made his senior international debut for the

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in 2018.

References

1996 births Living people Latvian men's footballers Latvia men's international footballers FK Liepājas Metalurgs players FK Liepāja players FK RFS players Dundalk F.C. players Riga FC players League of Ireland players Men's association football fullbacks Latvia men's youth international footballers Latvia men's under-21 international footballers Latvian expatriate men's footballers Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Ireland Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland {{Latvia-footy-bio-stub