Andris Vanins

Andris Vanins (born 30 April 1980) is a Latvian former professional footballer who works as a goalkeeping coach for Swiss club FC Sion. A goalkeeper, he most notably played for Sion, making over 200 league appearances. At international level, he earned 100 caps for the Latvia national team.

Club Career

Ventspils

Vanins started his professional football career in 1997, when he was only 17 years old. His first club was FK Ventspils. In 2003, he left the Virsliga, signing a contract with FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow.

FC Moscow

In 2003 Vanins signed a contract with FC Moscow. He could not manage to get into the first team, mostly being used in the reserves. As playing for the reserve team did not please the Latvian international, he decided to leave.

FK Venta

In 2005, Vanins returned to Latvia. FK Venta offered him a contract, which Vanins accepted. He did not play much there either and the club went bankrupt in the second half of the season. The first-team players, including Vanins, were released.

Return to Ventspils

Having become a free agent, Vanins agreed to a contract with FK Ventspils. He became the first-choice goalkeeper at the club and played there for three and a half years. In 2006, 2007 and 2008 he was named the best goalkeeper of the season in the LMT Virsliga, as well as the Latvian Footballer of the Year in 2008. In 2009, he started looking for a club abroad, but eventually he had to start the next season with FK Ventspils, because of unsuccessful negotiations. In February 2009 he went on trial with the Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan.

Sion

In the middle of FK Ventspils' season Vanins joined Swiss Super League club FC Sion on a three-year contract.

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