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Ventspils
Vaņins started his professional football career in 1997, when he was only 17 years old. His first club was FK Ventspils. In 2003, he left the Virsliga league in Latvia, signing a contract with FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow.
FC Moscow
In 2003 Vaņins signed a contract with FC Moscow. He could not manage to get into the first team, mostly being used in the reserves. As playing for the reserve team did not please the Latvian international, he decided to leave.
FK Venta
In 2005, Vaņins returned to Latvia. FK Venta offered him a contract, which Vaņins accepted. He did not play much there either and the club went bankrupt in the second half of the season. The first-team players, including Vaņins, were released.
Return to Ventspils
Having become a free agent, Vaņins agreed to a contract with FK Ventspils. He became the first-choice goalkeeper at the club and played there for three and a half years. In 2006, 2007 and 2008 he was named the best goalkeeper of the season in the LMT Virslīga, as well as the Latvian Footballer of the Year in 2008. In 2009, he started looking for a club abroad, but eventually he had to start the next season with FK Ventspils, because of unsuccessful negotiations. In February 2009 he went on trial with the Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan.
Sion
In the middle of FK Ventspils' season Vaņins joined Swiss Super League club FC Sion on a three-year contract. He went on to become first-choice goalkeeper. His…
Vaņins made his international debut for Latvia in 2000 in a 3–1 loss against Slovakia. In summer 2007, when the first-choice keeper Aleksandrs Koliņko suffered a long-term injury, head coach Aleksandrs Starkovs faced a choice to either let Vaņins or Deniss Romanovs play. Vaņins was chosen to be the replacement, and after that he became the first-choice goalkeeper of the team. On 10 October 2019, Vaņins played his 100th match for Latvia in a 3–0 loss against Poland.
On 31 August 2020, Vaņins retired from playing and returned to Sion as a goalkeeper coach.
- Club
- FK Ventspils (1997–2003)
- Club
- FK Venta (2005–2005)
- Club
- FC Moscow (2003–2005)
- Club
- FC Sion (2009–2016)
- Club
- FK Ventspils (2006–2009)
- Club
- Latvia men's national football team (2000–)
- Club
- FC Torpedo Moscow (2003–2004)
- Club
- FC Zürich (2016–)
- National team
- Latvia
Personal
Clubs
- Latvia men's national football team2000current
- FC Zürich2016current
- FK Ventspils1997–2003
- FC Moscow2003–2005
- FC Torpedo Moscow2003–2004
- FK Venta2005–2005
- FK Ventspils2006–2009
- FC Sion2009–2016
Played together with
Abdelmoumene DjabouFC Sion · 2008–2008
Abdou JammehFC Torpedo Moscow · 2008–2008
Abedi PeleFC Zürich · 1983–1984- Abiodun BaruwaFC Sion · 1997–1998
Adam KokoszkaFC Torpedo Moscow · 2014–2015- Adaílton José dos Santos FilhoFC Sion · 2010–2012
- Adaílton José dos Santos FilhoFC Sion · 2013–2014
Adel ChedliFC Sion · 2006–2007
Adis JahovićFC Zürich · 2013–2013
Admir MehmediFC Zürich · 2008–2012- Adolf StelzerFC Zürich · 1929–1932
Adrian IlieFC Zürich · 2004–2005
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Identifiers & aliases
Andris Vaņins is a Latvian former professional footballer who works as a goalkeeping coach for Latvia national under-19 football team. A goalkeeper, he most notably played for Sion, making over 200 league appearances. At international level, he earned 100 caps for the Latvia national team.
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