Nauris Bulvītis Explained

Nauris Bulvītis
Fullname:Nauris Bulvītis
Height:1.91 m
Birth Date:15 March 1987
Birth Place:Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Latvia)
Currentclub:Spartaks Jūrmala
Clubnumber:16
Position:Centre back
Years1:2007
Clubs1:Daugava Daugavpils
Caps1:7
Goals1:0
Years2:2008
Clubs2:Šiauliai
Caps2:21
Goals2:1
Years3:2009–2010
Clubs3:Tranzit
Caps3:17
Goals3:1
Years4:2009–2010
Clubs4:Inverness CT (loan)
Caps4:32
Goals4:2
Years5:2010
Clubs5:Ventspils
Caps5:10
Goals5:0
Years6:2011
Clubs6:Spartak Trnava
Caps6:0
Goals6:0
Years7:2011–2013
Clubs7:Spartaks Jūrmala
Caps7:56
Goals7:9
Years8:2013
Clubs8:Skonto Riga
Caps8:15
Goals8:3
Years9:2014
Clubs9:Aarau
Caps9:22
Goals9:0
Years10:2015–2016
Clubs10:Spartaks Jūrmala
Caps10:37
Goals10:2
Years11:2016–2017
Clubs11:Plymouth Argyle
Caps11:18
Goals11:2
Years12:2017–2018
Clubs12:Ventspils
Caps12:32
Goals12:5
Years13:2019
Clubs13:Rīgas FS
Caps13:20
Goals13:2
Years14:2020–
Clubs14:Spartaks Jūrmala
Caps14:0
Goals14:0
Nationalyears1:2006–2007
Nationalyears2:2007–2008
Nationalyears3:2012–
Nationalteam3:Latvia
Nationalcaps3:19
Nationalgoals3:2
Club-Update:20:58, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[1]
Nationalteam-Update:26 September 2016 (UTC)

Nauris Bulvītis (born 15 March 1987) is a Latvian footballer who plays as a defender for FK Spartaks Jūrmala.

Club career

Bulvītis started his professional career in 2007 with Daugava Daugavpils. Having played there for one season, he made 7 league appearances and scored no goals. In 2008, he had a one-year spell in the Lithuanian A Lyga with Šiauliai, playing 21 games and scoring once. In 2009 Bulvītis returned to his homeland, signing a contract with Tranzit. That season he played 17 matches and scored 1 goal in the Latvian Higher League, before being loaned to the Scottish First Division side Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He signed on loan until January 2010 after a successful trial spell at the club.[2] He was recommended to join the club by fellow Latvian and former Inverness defender Pāvels Mihadjuks.[3] Bulvītis made his debut for Caley Thistle in a Scottish League Cup match against Annan Athletic.[4] He scored his first goal against Stranraer in the League cup. FC Tranzit permitted Bulvītis to extend his loan spell at Caley until the end of the season.[5] Bulvītis left Inverness at the end of the 2009–10 season.[6]

Bulvitis signed for the Latvian Higher League club Ventspils before the start of the Eurocups. He played 10 matches for Ventspils, scoring no goals. In January 2011 he went on trial with the Slovak Super Liga club Spartak Trnava and signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with them.[7] Because of a long-term injury he was released by the Slovak side in the middle of 2011. Bulvītis then returned to Latvia, joining Spartaks Jūrmala. During three seasons with the club he scored nine goals in 56 league matches. In July 2013 Bulvītis joined Skonto Riga on a three-year contract.[8] He played 15 league matches and scored three goals for the club before leaving the club in January 2014 due to a long-term delay of salary payment.[9] On 24 January 2014 Bulvītis signed a one-year contract with the Swiss Super League club Aarau with an option to extend it for another season.[10] In April 2014 his contract was extended for another year.[11] During his first season in the Swiss Super League Bulvītis played 18 matches, scoring no goals.

In February 2016, Bulvītis went on trial with Kazakhstan Premier League side Shakhter Karagandy.[12]

On 29 June 2016, Plymouth Argyle confirmed Bulvītis as a new signing.[13] Bulvitis had scored all 3 of his Argyle goals in the month of August, netting his first in a 2–1 win away to Notts County, quickly followed by the only goal in a 1–0 win away to Blackpool, and then another goal in a 4–1 EFL Trophy game at home to Newport County.[14] This early season run of form saw Bulvītis make an appearance as an auxiliary striker in Argyle's 1–0 defeat to Liverpool in an FA Cup third round replay. Bulvītis' back half of the season was plagued with injury problems as he eventually lost his centre half place to January signing Jakub Sokolík. At the end of a promotion winning 2016–17 season, Bulvītis was released by Argyle along with eight other professionals.[15]

In September 2017, Bulvītis re-signed for Virslīga side Ventspils in his native Latvia, making 6 appearances between then and the end of the season in November as Ventspils came 4th in the Latvian Higher League on goal difference.[16] Finishing 4th saw Ventspils qualify for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, with Bulvītis not featuring in their first qualifying round 8-3 aggregate win over Albanian side Luftëtari, but featuring off the bench in both legs of Ventspils' second qualifying round 3-1 aggregate defeat to French Ligue 1 side Girondins Bordeaux.[17]

On 27 December 2018, Bulvītis signed with Rīgas FS for the 2019 season.[18] In January 2020, Bulvītis returned to FK Spartaks Jūrmala.

International career

Bulvītis has been capped internationally at under-19 and under-21 levels. In 2012 Latvia national football team coach Aleksandrs Starkovs called him up for the 2012 Baltic Cup. Nauris played 2 matches, helping Latvia win the tournament.[19] Bulvītis scored his first international goal on 6 September 2013 in a 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match victory over Lithuania.[20] In May 2014 he helped Latvia win the Baltic Cup for the second time in a row, scoring the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Lithuania in the final of the tournament.[21] As of March 2015 Bulvītis has played 19 international matches and scored two goals for Latvia.

International goals

Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 September 2013 1–0 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 31 May 2014 1–0 1–0 2014 Baltic Cup

Honours

Inverness CT
FK Ventspils
Skonto Riga
Plymouth Argyle
Latvia National Team

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: N. BULVĪTIS. Soccerway. English.
  2. News: Caley Thistle sign trialist duo. BBC Sport. 1 August 2009. 4 August 2009.
  3. Web site: Nauris Bulvītis parakstījis līgumu ar "Inverness C.T." – Leģionāri – Futbols – . Sportacentrs.com . 31 July 2009. 2012-10-17.
  4. News: Inverness CT 4–0 Annan Athletic. BBC Sport. 1 August 2009. 4 August 2009.
  5. Web site: Nauris Bulvītis pagarinājis līgumu ar "Inverness" – Futbols – . Sportacentrs.com . 1 February 2010 . 2012-10-17.
  6. News: TERRY LETS 6 GO. ictfc.co.uk. 7 May 2010.
  7. Web site: Bulvītis turpinās karjeru slovāku "Spartak"; Grebis un Rimkus pārbaudās Kiprā – Leģionāri – Futbols – . Sportacentrs.com . 21 January 2011. 2012-10-17.
  8. Web site: Bulvītis pievienojies Rīgas "Skonto" . sportacentrs.com . 2013-07-01 . 2013-09-01.
  9. Web site: Alans Sineļņikovs un Nauris Bulvītis pamet komandu. skontofc.com . 2014-01-11 . 2014-08-23.
  10. Web site: Bulvītis oficiāli pievienojies Šveices klubam "Aarau". sportacentrs.com . 2014-01-24 . 2014-08-23.
  11. Web site: Bulvītis uz gadu pagarina līgumu ar Šveices "Aarau". sportacentrs.com . 2014-04-13 . 2014-08-23.
  12. Web site: ШАХТЕР ПРОСМАТРИВАЕТ ИНОСТРАННЫХ ФУТБОЛИСТОВ. shahter.kz. FC Shakhter Karagandy. 2 February 2016. Russian. 1 February 2016.
  13. Web site: The Time is Nau. Wood. Michael. 2016-06-29.
  14. Web site: Nauris Bulvitis one of the victims of Plymouth Argyle's strength in depth. The Plymouth Evening Herald. 17 April 2016. English. 21 March 2017.
  15. Web site: Retained List. Plymouth Argyle. English. 10 May 2017.
  16. Web site: Centre-back Nauris Bulvitis finally finds new club after his Plymouth Argyle exit. The Herald (Plymouth). English. 19 September 2017.
  17. Web site: UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE. Soccerway. English.
  18. https://www.tvnet.lv/6485922/rfs-papildina-sastavu-ar-pieredzejuso-aizsargu-bulviti RFS papildina sastāvu ar pieredzējušo aizsargu Bulvīti
  19. Web site: Spartaka kapteiņa Baltijas debija . Sporto.lv . 2012-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002113010/http://www.sporto.lv/raksts/spartaka_kapteina_baltijas_debija . 2 October 2013 . dead .
  20. Web site: Latvijas futbola izlase momentiem bagātā spēlē pārspēj Lietuvu. sportacentrs.com. 2013-09-06. 2014-08-23.
  21. Web site: Latvijas izlase otro reizi pēc kārtas iegūst Baltijas kausu. sportacentrs.com. 2014-05-31. 2014-08-23.