Aleksandrs Fertovs

Early career

Fertovs started playing football in 1998, at the age of 11. As a youth player, he played for his local club JFC Skonto and was a member of their academy. In 2007, he was transferred to the Latvian Higher League club JFK Olimps. Even though Olimps finished the championship in the last place of the table, Fertovs showed good performance, playing 13 matches during the season. In 2008, he was offered to join Skonto Riga's first team. The competition for places in the starting line-up was stiff, and the youngster found himself playing just one match for the club. Later he was loaned out and yet again joined JFK Olimps, who despite finishing last the previous season, had secured themselves a place in the Latvian Higher League for the upcoming one. Fertovs scored 3 goals in 17 matches during his loan spell at Olimps.

Skonto Riga

Fertovs returned to Skonto before the 2009 Latvian Higher League season. He gained a place in the starting line-up, playing 22 league matches in his full debut season at the club. In the 2010 season, Fertovs became champion of Latvia under the manager Aleksandrs Starkovs. He scored twice in 23 league matches. During the next two seasons, Fertovs played 52 league matches, scoring 3 goals. In 2011, Fertovs won the Baltic League with Skonto, and contributed to their Latvian Cup win in 2012. In 2011 Aleksandrs was included in both Latvian Football Federation and sportacentrs.com teams of the tournament. In 2012, he repeated it,…

From 2007 to 2009, Fertovs was a member of the Latvia under-21 team. He made his debut for the senior squad on 15 November 2009 in a friendly match against Honduras, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute, replacing Genādijs Soloņicins. In total, Fertovs earned 41 caps for Latvia during his international career, spanning eight years.

Skonto Riga

Latvian Higher League: 2010 Latvian Cup: 2011–12 Baltic League: 2010–11 RFS

Latvian Cup: 2019 Latvia

Baltic Cup: 2012, 2014