Aleksejs Saveljevs

Aleksejs Saveljevs (born 30 January 1999) is a Latvian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Riga.

Club Career

He started his senior career in the Latvian Higher League with Babite 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. On 30 May 2018, Verona exercised their option and purchased his rights, and he signed a 3-year contract with the club. 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.

On 31 January 2020, he joined Serie C club Rende on loan. He made his professional debut for Rende on 9 February 2020 in a game against Paganese. He substituted Alberto Libertazzi in the 76th minute. 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.

On 16 July 2021, he returned to Latvia and signed with Riga.

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