Klāvs Bethers

Klāvs Bethers

Personal information
Full name	Klāvs Bethers
Date of birth	(2003-12-24) 24 December 2003 (age 21)[1][2]
Place of birth	Aizpute, Latvia[1][2]
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Catania
Number	1
Youth career
	FK Liepāja
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2021	FK Liepāja	0	(0)
2020	→ Grobiņas SC (loan)	9	(0)
2022	Città di Sant'Agata	17	(0)
2022–2023	Piacenza	0	(0)
2022–2023	→ Catania (loan)	31	(0)
2023–	Catania	28	(0)
International career^‡
2019	Latvia U-17	2	(0)
2023–	Latvia U-21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023 (UTC)[3]

Klāvs Bethers (born 24 December 2003) is a Latvian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie C Group C club Catania and the Latvian national under-21 team.

Career

Bethers started his career in his native Latvia with FK Liepāja, then making his senior debut in the 2020 Latvian First League with Grobiņas SC. In January 2022, he left Latvia to move to Italy, joining Sicilian Serie D amateur club Città di Sant'Agata.^[4] Following that, he was signed by Serie C club Piacenza,^[5] who then loaned him out to Catania for the 2022–23 Serie D season, where Bethers played as a regular and won promotion to Serie C.^[6]

In 2023, Catania signed Bethers permanently from Piacenza.^[7] Despite the acquisition of a more experienced goalkeeper in Alessandro Livieri, Bethers managed to confirm himself as the first choice for Catania in his role also during the 2023–24 Serie C season.^[8]

Honours

Catania

• Serie D: 2022–23 (Group I)

References

1. "Bethers Klāvs" (in Italian). Catania FC. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
2. "Klavs Bethers" (in Italian). CalcioCatania.com. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
3. "Klāvs BETHERS - LFF.lv". LFF.lv. LFF.
4. "Serie D, il portiere Klavs Bethers dalla Lettonia a Sant'Agata di Militello" (in Italian). MessinaToday. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
5. "Il Piacenza ha ingaggiato Klavs Bethers e Stefano Currò" (in Italian). Il Piacenza. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
6. "Il portiere Klavs Bethers, ex Sant'Agata, al Catania in prestito dal Piacenza" (in Italian). Messina Sportiva. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
7. "Catania Fc, Bethers in rossazzurro: estremo difensore confermato" (in Italian). CataniaToday. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
8. "Bethers, il Catania è tuo. Il valore di mercato impenna e Livieri rischia il posto" (in Italian). Itasportpress. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.