The 26-year-old footballer played in the “Metta” team in the 2017 and 2018 seasons, after which he joined the “Riga” club. As part of “Riga”, the native of Daugavpils became a two-time champion of Latvia, but in the previous season he represented another of the capital’s giants, RFS.
Fyodorov has played 56 games for “Metta”, in which he scored nine goals, including a hat-trick against Jurmala “Spartak”.
Fyodorovs “Metta” made his debut in the Latvian national team as a footballer, where he has played 14 games and scored one goal.
Fyodorov was also in the ranks of the second team of “Daugavpils” and “Ventspils”, as well as was loaned to the second team of the Polish team Poznań “Lech” for two years.
“Metta” also reports that goalkeeper Jānis Beks will continue to play in the team, but only on loan this season, as he has come under the auspices of RFS.
The 20-year-old “Metta” student Beck accumulated the third most playing time in the team in the 2022 season, reaching the mark of 2966 minutes. He was also invited to the Latvian U-21 national team, where he played five games, staying “dry” in three of them.
“Metta” took ninth place in the previous season, but retained the right to play in the higher league in the playoffs.
Meanwhile, striker Denis Rakels is strengthening the ranks of Salaspils “Super Nova” before the 2023 football super league season, the club reports.
The 30-year-old Rakels spent the previous season and a half in the RFS team, becoming the Latvian champion and cup winner.
Before that, Rakel represented the Cypriot championship team “Pafos”, to which he was loaned by “Riga”.
During his career, the footballer also played for the Polish teams Cracovia, Poznań Lech, Lubin Zaglebie and Katowice GKS, as well as being under the auspices of Reading, the second most powerful league in England. At the beginning of his career, the resident of Jēkabpils played in the “Liepājas Metalurgs” team.
In his career, Rakels also played 32 games as part of the Latvian national team, for which he scored one goal.
In the previous season, “Super Nova”, debuting in the elite, took the last position in the Latvian football superleague, but kept its place in the top league, because Jūrmala “Spartaks” did not apply for participation in the championship.
Earlier, the champion team FK “Valmiera” announced that Martinique-born French forward Jeremy Porsāns-Clémāns and Brazilian forward Ruan Ribeiro joined the club.
The 25-year-old striker has previously represented the second teams of Marseille “Olympique”, “Montpellier” and “Saint-Etienne”. in the Premier League in the clubs’ first teams.
The footballer also has one game in the French U-20 national team.
The club announces that the 19-year-old Ribeiro has joined “Valmiera” after the victory of his team São Paulo “Palmeiras” in the U-20 Cup.
With nine goals in nine games, Ribeiro was the team’s top scorer.
The player born in Imperatris spent almost his entire career in the “Palmeiras” club system. In 2022, he was loaned to Moka “Ibrachina”.
“Palmeiras” has leased the footballer to “Valmiera” until January 31, 2024.
“Valmiera” became the champion of Latvia for the first time in the last season.