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Kaspars Dubra
Personal information
Full name	Kaspars Dubra
Date of birth	20 December 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Panevėžys
Number	4
Youth career
1997–2007	Skonto Riga
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2012	Skonto Riga
2008	→ Olimps (loan)
2009	→ Olimps (loan)
2012	Polonia Bytom
2012–2014	Ventspils
2015–2017	BATE Borisov
2017–2018	RFS
2019	Irtysh Pavlodar
2019–2022	Oleksandriya
2022–2023	RFS
2023–	Panevėžys
International career‡
2007–2010	Latvia U19
2009–2012	Latvia U21
2013	Latvia U23
2010–	Latvia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 December 2024

Kaspars Dubra (born 20 December 1990) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a defender for A Lyga club Panevėžys and the Latvia national team.^[1] He can play as a centre-back or a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Skonto Riga

Dubra started playing football at the age of seven, as a youth player he played for Skonto Riga academy JFC Skonto. In 2007, he was taken to the first team by that time manager Paul Ashworth, but didn't appear on the pitch that season.

Before the start of the 2008 season Dubra was loaned out to another Latvian Higher League club located in Riga JFK Olimps. He played 25 matches through the season and managed to score twice. In 2009 Dubra was taken back to Skonto, but, playing only one match, was once again loaned to Olimps, playing 9 games and scoring once during this loan spell.

In 2010, Dubra was one of several Olimps players to be taken to Skonto by the club's new manager Aleksandrs Starkovs. Dubra made a surprisingly good impact and earned himself a place in the starting line-up right after joining. Being one of the best defenders in the league during the season, all in all he made 19 appearances and scored 5 goals for Skonto and helped his team become the champions of Latvian Higher League. In July 2010 he was named the best player of the month, being the only defender to receive this award during the season.^[2] At the end of the season he was included in the team of the tournament. In November 2010 Dubra went on trial with the English Premier League club Blackpool.^[3]

In 2011, Dubra suffered from a serious injury and managed to return to the pitch only at the end of the season, playing only 6 league matches.^[4] On 1 January his contract with Skonto Riga expired, and Kaspars went on trial with the English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, Kaspars has left a good impression on Mick McCarthy coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers, but his agent couldn't agree on a deal.^[5]

Polonia Bytom

Being linked with several Polish, Russian and Ukrainian clubs, Dubra signed with Polish I liga club Polonia Bytom for a one-and-a-half-year contract with them in February 2012. After playing just 4 league games in July 2012 he terminated the contract with Polonia Bytom.^[6]

FK Ventspils

In July 2012, he joined the Latvian Higher League club FK Ventspils. He signed a contract till June 2015.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2013, Dubra scored a goal against FK Liepājas Metalurgs and brought victory in the cup final in Latvia.^[7]

Irtysh Pavlodar

On 4 January 2019, Dubra joined Kazakh club FC Irtysh Pavlodar.^[8] On 3 July 2019, Dubra was released by Irtysh Pavlodar.^[9]

FK Panevėžys

On 17 June 2023, Dubra joined Lithuanian club Panevėžys, on a contract until 31 December 2024.^[10]

International career

Dubra is a current member of Latvia. He also played for Latvia U-21 and Latvia U-19. Kaspars was firstly called up to Latvia national football team by coach Aleksandrs Starkovs for a friendly match in Kunming against China on 17 November 2010.^[11] He made his debut, being just 19 years old, coming on as a substitute in the 90th minute.^[12] Kaspars played all game against Lithuania in Baltic Cup 2014 final. Latvia won the Baltic Cup.

Career statistics

As of 22 June 2018^[update]^[13]

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Olimps (loan)	2008	Virslīga	25	2	—		1	0	—		26	2
	2009	Virslīga	9	1	—		—		—		9	1
	Total		34	3	—		1	0	—		35	3
Skonto	2009	Virslīga	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2010	Virslīga	19	6	—		2	0	3^[a]	1	24	8
	2011	Virslīga	6	0	—		—		2^[b]	0	8	0
	Total		25	6	—		2	0	5	1	32	8
Polonia Bytom	2011–12	I liga	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Ventspils	2012	Virslīga	17	0	—		—		—		17	0
	2013	Virslīga	27	4	3	1	6	0	—		36	5
	2014	Virslīga	36	3	2	1	2	0	—		40	4
	Total		80	7	5	2	8	0	—		93	9
BATE Borisov	2015	Belarusian Premier League	9	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	19	0
	2016	Belarusian Premier League	16	5	1	0	2	0	1^[c]	0	20	5
	Total		25	5	4	0	9	0	1	0	39	2
RFS	2017	Virslīga	11	0	2	1	—		—		13	1
	2018	Virslīga	12	4	0	0	—		—		12	4
	Total		23	4	2	1	—		—		25	5
Career total			192	25	11	3	20	0	6	1	229	29

^ Appearance(s) in Baltic League
^ Appearance(s) in Baltic Champions Cup
^ Appearance(s) in Belarusian Super Cup

International goals

Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first.^[4]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	29 March 2016	Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2–0	5–0	Friendly
2.	28 May 2018	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	Lithuania	1–0	1–1	2018 Baltic Cup
3.	11 November 2020	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	2–0	3–0	Friendly