Vīts Rimkus

Born in Riga, Vīts Rimkus started his career in 1993 with Pārdaugava Rīga, scoring twice in 14 league appearances. After a promising start youngster was transferred to DAG Rīga in 1994. He played 14 league games for the team and scored three goals that season. He kept changing clubs and the next season was spent with another club from Riga, Amstrig Rīga. The 1995 season turned out to be a loud start of his career as he managed to net eight times in 26 matches. Several offers to go abroad appeared and the player chose to move to Switzerland, signing a contract with FC Winterthur. Scoring eight goals in ten matches that season, he moved to Germany in 1996, signing for 1. FC Nürnberg. Despite the loud boom in Switzerland, Rimkus did prove himself in Nürnberg, so he continued his career and transferred to another German club, Erzgebirge Aue. Ten matches with no goals made him return to Latvia then. In 1998, he was signed by Skonto Riga. After a successful season the player was given away to FK Valmiera, where he played for two years, showing best performance. In 2001 FK Ventspils signed Rimkus for free and had him playing there until 2004. Scoring 70 goals in 100 matches, he attracted attention from many Russian clubs and was signed by FC Rostov in 2005. Staying goalless in nine games he was soon released and he returned to FK Ventspils. In the next five seasons, as a player of FK Ventspils, Rimkus scored 66 league goals in 109 matches. In 2009, he left the club after rumors…

Rimkus has played 75 international matches and scored 12 goals for the Latvia national team. He debuted in 1995, and played at Euro 2004.

Rimkus is of Lithuanian descent.

CIS Cup top goalscorer: 2009 CIS Cup goalscorer:2010