Aleksejs Saveljevs

Aleksejs Saveljevs (born 30 January 1999) is a Latvian football player. He plays in Italy for Mantova.

Aleksejs Saveljevs
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-30) 30 January 1999
Place of birth Riga, Latvia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Mantova
Number 17
Youth career
0000–2015 Skonto
2016 RTU
2017–2018 Švyturys Marijampolė
2017–2018 → Verona (loan)
2018–2019 Verona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Babīte 10 (3)
2018–2020 Verona 0 (0)
2020 → Rende (loan) 6 (1)
2020– Mantova 9 (1)
National team‡
2015 Latvia U17 7 (1)
2016–2018 Latvia U19 30 (2)
2018– Latvia U21 17 (0)
2020- Latvia 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2019

Club career

He started his senior career in the Latvian Higher League with Babīte in 2017. The club was excluded from the league for match fixing and he returned to junior football.

On 11 August 2017, he joined Italian club Verona on loan with an option to buy and was assigned to the club's Under-19 squad.[1] On 30 May 2018, Verona exercised their option and purchased his rights, and he signed a 3-year contract with the club.[2] In 2018–19 season, he continued to play for Verona's youth team. He received two call-ups to the senior squad (once in Serie B and once in Coppa Italia), but did not appear on the field.[3]

On 31 January 2020, he joined Serie C club Rende on loan.[4] He made his professional debut for Rende on 9 February 2020 in a game against Paganese. He substituted Alberto Libertazzi in the 76th minute.[5] On 16 February 2020, he scored his first professional goal, an added-time equalizer in a 2–2 draw against Potenza. On 26 February 2020, he made his first start against Cavese. After two more games, the season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

On 14 September 2020 he signed with Serie C club Mantova.[6]

International career

He amassed 50 appearances for Latvia on different junior levels. In November 2018, he was called up for the first time to the senior Latvia national football team for the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League games against Kazakhstan and Andorra, but remained on the bench on that occasion.[7]

References
  1. "UFFICIALE: ALEKSEJS SAVELJEVS È GIALLOBLÙ" (Press release) (in Italian). Verona. 11 August 2017.
  2. "Ufficiale: esercitato il diritto di riscatto per Aleksejs Saveljevs" (Press release) (in Italian). Verona. 30 May 2018.
  3. "Lecce v Verona game report". ESPN. 26 February 2019.
  4. "I centrocampisti Navas e Saveljevs nuovi rinforzi del Rende" (Press release) (in Italian). Rende. 31 January 2020.
  5. "Rende v Paganese game report". Soccerway. 9 February 2020.
  6. "UFFICIALE: ALEKSEJS SAVELJEVS È UN NUOVO CENTROCAMPISTA BIANCOROSSO" (in Italian). Mantova. 14 September 2020.
  7. "Kazakhstan v Latvia game report". ESPN. 15 November 2018.


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