Mihails Ziziļevs (born 27 December 1973) is a Latvian football midfielder who currently plays for FK Klaipėdos Granitas in the Lithuanian A Lyga.

Mihails Ziziļevs
Personal information
Full name Mihails Ziziļevs
Date of birth (1973-12-27) 27 December 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Daugavpils, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992 DJSS Daugavpils 19 (2)
1993–1994 Auseklis Daugavpils 39 (0)
1995 Vilan-D Daugavpils 27 (3)
1996–1999 Dinaburg 101 (7)
2000–2001 Rubin Kazan 65 (5)
2001 Dinaburg 3 (0)
2002 Liepājas Metalurgs 5 (0)
2002 Ventspils 8 (0)
2003 Metallurg Lipetsk 34 (1)
2004 Luch-Energiya 34 (2)
2005 Dinaburg 26 (8)
2006–2008 Ventspils 71 (7)
2009 Dinaburg 17 (0)
2010–2013 Daugava 90 (6)
2014 Klaipėdos Granitas 25 (0)
International career
1997–2001 Latvia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 November 2014

Playing career

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Ziziļevs started his career at his local club DJSS Daugavpils in the early 1990s. Until 2000 he played in his hometown, but then got an offer from Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan. After two seasons in Russia Ziziļevs came back to Daugavpils and joined its local club Dinaburg FC. After a few seasons in Latvia Ziziļevs moved back to Russia, where he played for Metallurg Lipetsk and later also Luch-Energiya Vladivostok. Afterwards Ziziļevs came back to Dinaburg FC once more and after a very successful season he joined FK Ventspils, where playing for 3 seasons, he helped the club win the Latvian Higher League in 2006. In 2010 Ziziļevs joined FC Daugava. In 2012, as the club's captain, he helped Daugava win the Latvian Higher League for the first time in the club's history. In 2013 they also lifted the first ever Latvian Supercup. On 6 April 2013 Ziziļevs played his 400th game in the Latvian Higher League and was locally referred to as the Latvian Ryan Giggs. In March 2014, when his contract with Daugava had expired, Ziziļevs moved to the Lithuanian A Lyga side FK Klaipėdos Granitas to continue his professional footballer's career, at the time being 40 years old.

Awards

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  • Champion of Latvia - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
  • Latvian Cup winner - 2007
  • Latvian Supercup winner - 2013

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