Introduction
Kaspars Dubra (born 20 December 1990) is a Latvian professional football defender, currently playing for FC BATE Borisov in the Belarusian Premier League. He plays as a centre-back and as 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. 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.
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. On January 1 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.
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.
FK Ventspils
In July 2012, he joined the Latvian Higher League club FK Ventspils. He signed a contract till June 2015.
In May 2013, Dubra scored an amazing goal against FK Liepājas Metalurgs and brought victory in the cup final in Latvia.
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 November 17, 2010. He made his debut, being just 19 years old, coming on as a substitute in the 90th minute. Kaspars played all game against Lithuania in Baltic Cup 2014 final. Latvia won the Baltic Cup.
Career statistics
- As of 13 August 2016
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Latvia | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
| 2008 | JFK Olimps | Higher League | 25 | 9 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 9 | ||
| Total | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | ||
| 2009 | Skonto FC | Higher League | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | JFK Olimps | Higher League | 9 | 1 | — | 9 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2010 | Skonto FC | Higher League | 19 | 6 | — | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 8 | ||
| Poland | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
| 2011–12 | Polonia Bytom | I Liga | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Latvia | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
| 2012 | FK Ventspils | Higher League | 17 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 5 | ||||
| 2014 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 80 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 9 | ||
| Belarus | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
| 2015 | FC BATE Borisov | Premier League | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 2016 | FC BATE Borisov | Premier League | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
| Total | 25 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 169 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 204 | 31 | ||
International goals
- Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first.
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 29 March 2016 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar |  Gibraltar | 2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
Honours
Club
Skonto Riga
- Virsliga (1): 2010
- Baltic League (1): 2010–11
FK Ventspils
- Virsliga (2): 2013, 2014
- Latvian Cup (1): 2012–13
FC BATE Borisov
- Belarusian Premier League (2): 2015, 2016
- Belarusian Super Cup (2): 2015, 2016
- Belarusian Cup (1): 2014–15
International
Latvia
- Baltic Cup (1): 2014
Personal
- Best player of 2010 Latvian Higher League in July
- Best defender of 2014 Latvian Higher League