Vitālijs Jagodinskis

Vitālijs Jagodinskis
Personal information
Full name	Vitālijs Jagodinskis
Date of birth	28 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Riga, Latvia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Visakha
Number	2
Youth career
0000–2009	Daugava Rīga
2012–2013	Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009	Daugava Rīga
2009–2012	Jūrmala-VV
2013–2016	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
2014–2016	→ Hoverla Uzhhorod (loan)
2016–2017	Diósgyőri VTK
2017–2018	Politehnica Iași
2018–2019	Ventspils
2019–2020	RFS
2020	Valmiera
2020–2024	RFS
2024	Pirin Blagoevgrad
2024–	Visakha
International career‡
2008	Latvia U17
2010	Latvia U19
2011–2013	Latvia U21
2014–	Latvia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:49, 22 March 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:08, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Vitālijs Jagodinskis (born 28 February 1992) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays for Visakha and the Latvia national team as a centre back.

Club career

As a youth player Jagodinskis played for local club FK Daugava Rīga, being promoted to the first team in 2009. He made his Latvian Higher League debut on 1 August 2009, playing 90 minutes in a 3–0 loss to SK Blāzma.^[1]

For the second half of the 2009-10 season Jagodinskis moved to FK Jūrmala-VV,^[2] establishing himself as a first team player despite his young age. During the three seasons he spent at the club Jagodinskis made 51 league appearances in a period from 2009 to 2011, respectively.

Dynamo Kyiv

In January 2012, Jagodinskis went on trial with Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv alongside his international teammate Valērijs Šabala.^[3] He subsequently signed a long-term contract for four seasons with an option to extend it for another one in February 2012.^[4] In 2012, he played in the youth team, but before the start of the 2013–14 Ukrainian First League got promoted to FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv. Jagodinskis made his league debut on 14 July 2013, playing 90 minutes in a 0–0 draw against Desna Chernihiv.^[5]^[6]

Politehnica Iași

After ending his contract with Hungarian team Diósgyőri VTK in the summer of 2017,^[7] Jagodinskis signed a one-year contract with Romanian Liga I club Politehnica Iași, in October, at the request of manager Flavius Stoican.^[8]

International career

Vitālijs Jagodinskis was a member of all of Latvia's youth national teams. In 2008 he played for Latvia U17, in 2010 for Latvia U19 and from 2011 to 2013 he captained the U21 side.

Jagodinskis was called up for the first time to the Latvia national team for the friendly match against Estonia, on 14 August 2013.^[9] Since then he has been a regular for the national team.