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| birth_place = Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union| height = 1.90 mFK Panevėžys>Panevėžys| clubnumber = 4Defender (association football)>Centre back| youthyears1 = 1997–2007Skonto FC>Skonto Riga clubs1 = Skonto Riga clubs2 = → Olimps (loan) clubs3 = → Olimps (loan) clubs4 = Polonia Bytom clubs5 = Ventspils clubs6 = BATE Borisov clubs7 = RFS clubs8 = Irtysh Pavlodar clubs9 = Oleksandriya clubs10 = RFS clubs11 = Panevėžys goals1 = 6 goals2 = 2 goals3 = 1 goals4 = 0 goals5 = 7 goals6 = 5 goals7 = 4 goals8 = 0 goals9 = 2 goals10 = 0 goals11 = 3| nationalyears1 = 2007–2010| nationalyears2 = 2009–2012| nationalyears3 = 2013| nationalyears4 = 2010–Latvia national under-19 football team>Latvia U19Latvia national under-21 football team>Latvia U21Latvia national under-23 football team>Latvia U23Latvia national football team>Latvia| nationalcaps1 = 8| nationalcaps2 = 10| nationalcaps3 = 2| nationalcaps4 = 62| nationalgoals1 = 2| nationalgoals2 = 1| nationalgoals3 = 1| nationalgoals4 = 3| pcupdate = 2 March 2024| ntupdate = 20 December 2023}}Kaspars Dubra (born 20 December 1990) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a defender for A Lyga club Panevėžys.{{Soccerway|kaspars-dubra/31373}} He can play as a centre-back or a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Skonto Riga

Dubra started playing football at the age of seven, as a youth player he played for Skonto Riga academy JFC Skonto. In 2007, he was taken to the first team by that time manager Paul Ashworth, but didn’t appear on the pitch that season.Before the start of the 2008 season Dubra was loaned out to another Latvian Higher League club located in Riga JFK Olimps. He played 25 matches through the season and managed to score twice. In 2009 Dubra was taken back to Skonto, but, playing only one match, was once again loaned to Olimps, playing 9 games and scoring once during this loan spell.In 2010, Dubra was one of several Olimps players to be taken to Skonto by the club’s new manager Aleksandrs Starkovs. Dubra made a surprisingly good impact and earned himself a place in the starting line-up right after joining. Being one of the best defenders in the league during the season, all in all he made 19 appearances and scored 5 goals for Skonto and helped his team become the champions of Latvian Higher League. In July 2010 he was named the best player of the month, being the only defender to receive this award during the season.WEB,www.lff.lv/lv/news/2010/augusts/20/, LFF: LMT VirslÄ«ga: Kaspars Dubra atzÄ«ts par labāko spÄ“lÄ“tāju JŪLIJÄ€, Lff.lv, 20 December 1990, 15 February 2014, At the end of the season he was included in the team of the tournament. In November 2010 Dubra went on trial with the English Premier League club Blackpool.WEB,www.kasjauns.lv/lv/zinas/33532/skonto-aizsargs-dubra-stazesies-blackpool, “Skonto” aizsargs Dubra stažēsies “Blackpool”, Kasjauns.lv, 15 February 2014, In 2011, Dubra suffered from a serious injury and managed to return to the pitch only at the end of the season, playing only 6 league matches.WEB,www.national-football-teams.com/player/40591.html, Player profile, National-Football-Teams.com, On 1 January his contract with Skonto Riga expired, and Kaspars went on trial with the English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, Kaspars has left a good impression on Mick McCarthy coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers, but his agent couldn’t agree on a deal.WEB,sports.delfi.lv/news/football/news/kaspars-dubra-uz-parbaudes-laiku-pievienojas-anglijas-premjerligas-klubam-wanderers.d?id=42039050, Kaspars Dubra uz pārbaudes laiku pievienojas Anglijas premjerlÄ«gas klubam ‘Wanderers’ - DELFI, Sports.delfi.lv, 9 January 2012, 15 February 2014,

Polonia Bytom

Being linked with several Polish, Russian and Ukrainian clubs, Dubra signed with Polish I liga club Polonia Bytom for a one and a half-year contract with them in February 2012. After playing just 4 league games in July 2012 he terminated the contract with Polonia Bytom.WEB,sportacentrs.com/futbols/legionari/21022012-dubra_polijas_1_ligas_kluba_bitomas_polon, Oficiāli: Dubram lÄ«gums ar Polijas 1. lÄ«gas klubu Bitomas “Polonia” – LeÄ£ionāri – Futbols –, Sportacentrs.com, 15 February 2014,

FK Ventspils

In July 2012, he joined the Latvian Higher League club FK Ventspils. He signed a contract till June 2015.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}In May 2013, Dubra scored a goal against FK Liepājas Metalurgs and brought victory in the cup final in Latvia.WEB,www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=lva/news/newsid=1953640.html, Ventspils victorious in Latvian Cup final, UEFA.com, 18 May 2013, 6 December 2013, Mikhail, Korolev,

Irtysh Pavlodar

On 4 January 2019, Dubra joined Kazakh club FC Irtysh Pavlodar.Dubra spēlēs Kazahstānā, la.lv, 4 January 2019 On 3 July 2019, Dubra was released by Irtysh Pavlodar.WEB, ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: КАНЬЯС, МИРОСАВЛЕВ И ДУБРА ПОКИНУЛИ ФК ERTIS,fcirtysh.kz/Items/22493/, fcirtysh.kz/, FC Irtysh Pavlodar, 3 July 2019, Russian, 3 July 2019,

FK Panevėžys

On 17 June 2023, Dubra joined Lithuanian club Panevėžys, on a contract until 31 December 2024.WEB, Atvyko Latvijos rinktinės gynėjas,fk-panevezys.lt/atvyko-latvijos-rinktines-gynejas/, fk-panevezys.lt, FK Panevėžys, 16 July 2023, Lithuanian, 17 June 2023,

International career

Dubra is a current member of Latvia. He also played for Latvia U-21 and Latvia U-19. Kaspars was firstly called up to Latvia national football team by coach Aleksandrs Starkovs for a friendly match in Kunming against China on 17 November 2010.WEB,www.lff.lv/lv/news/2010/novembris/23/, LFF: Starkovs izsauc 18 kandidātus Ķīnas mačam, Lff.lv, 15 February 2014, He made his debut, being just 19 years old, coming on as a substitute in the 90th minute.WEB,www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/fixtures/2010/friendlies/china-latvia/, Latvijas futbola federācija, lff.lv, 1 December 2015,www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/fixtures/2010/friendlies/china-latvia/," title="web.archive.org/web/20110809090311www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/fixtures/2010/friendlies/china-latvia/,">web.archive.org/web/20110809090311www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/fixtures/2010/friendlies/china-latvia/, 9 August 2011, dead, Kaspars played all game against Lithuania in Baltic Cup 2014 final. Latvia won the Baltic Cup.

Career statistics

{| class=“wikitable” style="text-align: center”!Colspan=“3“|Club performance!Colspan=“2“|League!Colspan=“2“|Cup!Colspan=“2“|Continental!Colspan=“2“|Other!Colspan=“2“|Total!Club!Season!League!Apps!Goals!Apps!Goals!Apps!Goals!Apps!Goals!Apps!GoalsOlimps (loan)2008 Latvian Higher League>2008Latvian Higher League>VirslÄ«ga—10colspan=“2”|22009 Latvian Higher League>2009|VirslÄ«ga—colspan=“2”—91! Colspan=“2“| Total!34!!3!!colspan=“2“|—!!1!!0!!colspan=“2“|—!!35!!3Skonto2009 Latvian Higher League>2009|VirslÄ«ga—colspan=“2”—102010 Latvian Higher League>2010|VirslÄ«ga—203Appearance(s) in Baltic League12482011 Latvian Higher League>2011|VirslÄ«ga—colspan=“2”Baltic Champions Cup>|0! Colspan=“2“| Total!25!!6!!colspan=“2“|—!!2!!0!!5!!1!!32!!8|Polonia Bytom2011–12 I liga>2011–12|I liga—colspan=“2”—40Ventspils2012 Latvian Higher League>2012|VirslÄ«ga—colspan=“2”—1702013 Latvian Higher League>2013|VirslÄ«ga—3652014 Latvian Higher League>2014|VirslÄ«ga—404! Colspan=“2“| Total!80!!7!!5!!2!!8!!0!!colspan=“2“|—!!93!!9 BATE Borisov2015 Belarusian Premier League>2015|Belarusian Premier League|02016 Belarusian Premier League>2016|Belarusian Premier LeagueBelarusian Super Cup>|5! Colspan=“2“| Total!25!!5!!4!!0!!9!!0!!1!!0!!39!!2 RFS2017 Latvian Higher League>2017|VirslÄ«ga—colspan=“2”|12018 Latvian Higher League>2018|VirslÄ«ga—colspan=“2”|4! Colspan=“2“| Total!23!!4!!2!!1!!colspan=“2“|—!!colspan=“2“|—!!25!!5!colspan=“3“|Career total!192!!25!!11!!3!!20!!0!!6!!1!!229!!29{{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

International goals

!Goal!!Date!!Venue!!Opponent!!Score!!Result!!CompetitionVictoria Stadium (Gibraltar)>Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar {{fb 2–0 align=center Exhibition game>FriendlyLFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania >LIT}} align=center 1–0 > 1–1 2018 Baltic CupSan Marino Stadium>Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle (San Marino), San Marino >SMR}} align=center 2–0 > 3–0 Friendly

Honours

Skonto Riga

• Virsliga: 2010
• Baltic League: 2010–11

Ventspils

• Virsliga: 2013, 2014
• Latvian Cup: 2012–13

BATE Borisov

• Belarusian Premier League: 2015, 2016
• Belarusian Cup: 2014–15
• Belarusian Super Cup: 2015, 2016

Panevėžys

• A Lyga: 2023

Latvia

• Baltic Cup: 2014, 2018

Individual

• Latvian Higher League Player of the Month: June 2010
• Latvian Higher League Best Defender: 2014

References

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External links

• {{Soccerway|kaspars-dubra/31373}}
• {{NFT|40591}}
• {{FootballFacts.ru}}