var playerInfo={"5E5612EA3A8A833D":"184cm","3D0CAED1D8820318D15DE014CB00C4C7":"Latvia","9085EF0B5B518612":"85kg","776ABA890334BE6B3BFB7EFC5D96F457":"FK Ventspils","C99F63DD4716E450533B17E1817DB7B9":"1979-1-6","38FCF119BEE99893":"Skonto FC","031D6804B38B16BF":"15183","C497EA9EA23AEEDCAF9AD5DB76B19323":"","F4AE865DDB6B58D9":"Juris Laizans","2299C98649C2E7A9E5F02ED855F2A9FC":"FK Ventspils,Kuban Krasnodar,CSKA Moscow","2B1A74B80063A830":"1","E17A5F6F92350E090E8BE67DDCE16BA0":"After beginning his career as a right-back, Jurijs Laizans moved into midfield where his vision and fine range of passing can be used to the full. A hard-working and competitive player, he is also comfortable on the ball and possesses good dribbling skills. <BR><BR>National team<BR><BR>Having represented Latvia at Under-16, Under-18 and Under-21 levels, Laizans made his full international debut on 6 February 1998 against Georgia. A regular in the side during the ultimately disappointing UEFA EURO 2000? and 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns, he won his 50th cap in November 2003. <BR><BR>UEFA EURO 2004? qualifying<BR><BR>Laizans scored twice as Latvia finished second in Group 4 and went on to claim a place in the finals in Portugal - including the winner in Poland, a match he was sent off in. Laizans also struck his country&#39;s first goal in the second leg of the play-offs against Turkey, on what was his 50th appearance. <BR><BR>Club<BR><BR>A product of Skonto FC&#39;s youth academy, Laizans broke into the first team in 1997, helping the club to three titles and two Latvian Cups. <BR><BR>2000: He moved to PFC CSKA Moskva in 2000, winning the Russian Cup in 2002 and the league championship a year later. He was also named Latvian footballer of the year in 2002. The arrival of Jir&#237; Jaro?ik cost Laizans his place in the starting XI, however, and the lack of match sharpness meant he lost his status as an automatic choice in the national side. <BR><BR>Did you know?<BR><BR>Laizans&#39;s trademark goal celebration, involving making a shooting gesture with the corner flag, has been adopted by his Latvia team-mates.","4ADA354908754559E53E3FA7C013DA37":"5","C377723034B3384C":"","97B41D9FF6388BC00A2A0187557FA1F5":"","BFE43781BF2A8A9E3EADFCC3CC1AF971":"1","DC9241C78561BCD0":"Juris Laizans","7DECC0B2C7F83A01B36F8F67FA49C295":"2013-1","e_index":6};