Andrejs Štolcers

Andrejs Štolcers

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Personal information
Full name	Andrejs Štolcers
Date of birth	(1974-07-08) 8 July 1974
Place of birth	Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Latvia)
Height
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	Olimpija Rīga
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1994	Olimpija Rīga	53	(22)
1996–1997	Skonto Riga	49	(15)
1997–2000	Shakhtar Donetsk	48	(14)
2000	Spartak Moscow	12	(5)
2000–2004	Fulham	25	(2)
2004–2005	Yeovil Town	36	(5)
2005–2006	FK Baku	10	(4)
2006–2007	Skonto Riga	16	(3)
2007–2009	JFK Olimps Rīga	22	(5)
2009–2010	Bath City	8	(1)
2010	Hayes & Yeading United	9	(1)
Total		302	(79)
International career
1994–2005	Latvia	81	(7)
Managerial career
2009	JFK Olimps Rīga (playing coach)
2010–	Royal Russell School (youth team coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrejs Štolcers (born 8 July 1974 in Riga) is a Latvian former professional footballer.

Club career

Štolcers started his career in his home-land Latvia, playing for Olimpija Rīga. He played there for two years from 1992 to 1994, making 53 league appearances and scoring 22 goals. In 1996, he was taken to Skonto Riga, where he showed his high scoring ability, scoring 15 goals in 1 season.

In 1997, he started his career abroad, joining the Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk, where he spent 3 years, playing 48 matches and scoring 14 goals. In July 2000, he left and joined yet another big club – this time the Russian team Spartak Moscow. He quickly scored 5 goals in 12 games and in December of the same year was signed by the English club Fulham. Štolcers joined Fulham when they were still in the second tier of English football. However, Fulham's victorious 2000-01 Division One campaign in his first season at the club got them promoted to the Premier League, and Štolcers scored two goals in the process against West Bromwich Albion (on his debut) and Watford. These were his only two league goals for the club, and he failed to score in the Premier League, making just 10 appearances over 3 full seasons at the top level. He did however manage to score twice in a League Cup tie against Bury in November 2002. In 2004 he joined Yeovil Town, playing 36 league matches and scoring 7 goals in all competitions. In 2005, he left England and signed a contract in Azerbaijan with FK Baku. He only played 10 games for them and scored 4 goals.

In 2006, he returned to his native Latvia, signing a contract with his former club Skonto Riga. In the upcoming season he scored 3 goals in 16 matches for them and was released. In 2007, he joined JFK Olimps Rīga as the only experienced player in the team to help youngsters with their development. He played 22 matches and scored 5 goals from 2007 to 2009.

In 2009, he once again left Latvia, unsuccessfully trying to get into the Yeovil Town squad after being on trial, and later joining Bath City. He scored 1 goal in 8 matches for them, and in 2010, Štolcers joined Hayes & Yeading United, where he retired from playing football with 1 goal in 9 matches in his final season.

International career

His international debut for Latvia came in a 0–0 draw against Denmark on 26 August 1992. He has represented his country 81 times and scored seven goals. He played in the 2004 European Championships, held in Portugal.

Managerial career

After being released from Hayes and Yeading United on 7 May 2010, Štolcers started his coaching career. Currently he is the youth team coach at the Harris Academy South Norwood U15 in England and also takes part in an international project called Concept4Football, helping youngsters who are not older than 16 years develop their football abilities. He has also joined Carshalton Boys Sports college where he teaches P.E lessons. Andejs is now also involved with UK Football Finder.

On 29 May 2011, Štolcers took part in the London Legends Tournament held at the Craven Cottage. In the semi-final match against Chelsea legends, he scored a goal from the penalty spot, but that didn't save Fulham from losing 1–5.

Career Statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shakhtar Donetsk	1997–98	Vyshcha Liha	13	4			-		-		-		13	4
	1998–99		21	6			-		2	1	-		23	7
	1999–2000		15	4			-		4	2	-		19	6
	Total		49	14			-	-	6	3	-	-	55	17
Spartak Moscow	2000	Russian Top Division	12	5			–		3	0	–		12	5
Fulham	2000–01	English First Division	15	2	1	0	1	0	-		-		17	2
	2001–02	English Premier League	5	0	1	0	0	0	-		-		6	0
	2002–03		5	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	-		9	0
	2003–04		0	0	0	0	1	0	-		-		1	0
	Total		25	2	2	0	4	0	2	0	-	-	33	2
Yeovil Town	2004–05	English League Two	36	4	5	1	1	0	–		1	1	43	6
Baku	2005–06	Azerbaijan Top League	10	4			–		2	1	–		12	5
Career total			132	29	7	1	5	0	13	4	1	0	158	34

International

Latvia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1994	2	0
1995	2	0
1996	7	0
1997	14	1
1998	6	2
1999	8	1
2000	7	1
2001	8	1
2002	8	1
2003	11	0
2004	4	0
2005	4	0
Total	81	7

Statistics accurate as of 22 October 2015

International goals

Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 June 1997	Daugava Stadium, Riga	Andorra	1–0	4–1	Friendly
2.	6 September 1998	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	Norway	2–1	3–1	Euro 2000 qualifier
3.	10 October 1998	Daugava Stadium, Riga	Georgia	1–0	1–0	Euro 2000 qualifier
4.	4 September 1999	Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana	Albania	3–1	3–3	Euro 2000 qualifier
5.	4 February 2000	Pafiako Stadium, Paphos	Slovakia	1–3	1–3	2000 Cyprus International Tournament
6.	24 March 2001	Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek	Croatia	1–3	1–4	2002 World Cup qualifier
7.	17 April 2002	Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils	Kazakhstan	2–1	2–1	Friendly

Honors

Club

Skonto FC

• Virslīga (1): 1996

FC Baku

• Azerbaijan Top League (1): 2005-06

Individual

Best Midfielder in the Latvian League (1)

1993

External links

• Andrejs Štolcers career statistics at Soccerbase