Genadijs Solonicins
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Genādijs Soloņicins is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...
) is a football midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
from Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
, currently playing for Liepājas Metalurgs
FHK Liepajas Metalurgs
FK Liepājas Metalurgs is a Latvian football club, based in the city of Liepāja and playing in the Virslīga. They play at the Daugava Stadium...
in Latvia.
Club career
Soloņicins played for Liepājas Metalurgs for 12 years, making his debut in 1997. In the penultimate match of the 2004 VirslīgaVirsliga
-Past Virslīga winners:-Top scorers:-Riga football league winners:* 1910 Union Riga* 1911 British FC Riga* 1912 Union Riga* 1913 British FC Riga* 1914 British FC Riga* 1915 British FC Riga-Champions of Latvia before Virslīga:* 1922 Ķeizarmežs...
season he missed a crucial last minute penalty in a 3-2 loss to FC Skonto meaning the club lost out to Skonto on becoming Latvian Champions. However, the following season, Soloņicins was part of the Liepājas Metalurgs team that finally broke Skonto's 14 year reign over Latvian football when they became Virslīga champions in October 2005. In December he was named the Virslīgas best Midfielder of the 2005 season.
In summer 2009 he joined FK Simurq Zaqatala
FK Simurq Zaqatala
Simurq PFC is an Azerbaijani football club based in Zaqatala. They play in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top division in Azerbaijani football.-Origins and early years :...
from Azerbaijan. While playing there he became a very important first eleven player there. The club started the 2009-2010 season very well but the end of the season was not so good. Simurq finished as the 7th strongest team in the regular championship. Teams in Azerbaijan are divided into 2 pools after the end of the regular season - 6 teams in each pool. As Simurq finished the championship in the 7th place, they were put in the second pool were there were only the 6 weakest teams. Due to this fact, Genādijs decided to leave the team before the season ended. He left the team in February 2010.
He signed a contract with Liepājas Metalurgs
FHK Liepajas Metalurgs
FK Liepājas Metalurgs is a Latvian football club, based in the city of Liepāja and playing in the Virslīga. They play at the Daugava Stadium...
in March 2010, returning to the team, where he had played for 13 years before. At the end of 2010 he broke his contract with Metalurgs, but after struggling in searches for a new club abroad, he returned to Liepājas Metalurgs in February 2011, after being out of football for half a year.
International career
Soloņicins has made 44 appearances for the Latvian national teamLatvia national football team
The Latvian national football team is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia and represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. So far, they have never qualified for a FIFA World...
and scored 1 goal.
Honours
- VirslīgaVirsliga-Past Virslīga winners:-Top scorers:-Riga football league winners:* 1910 Union Riga* 1911 British FC Riga* 1912 Union Riga* 1913 British FC Riga* 1914 British FC Riga* 1915 British FC Riga-Champions of Latvia before Virslīga:* 1922 Ķeizarmežs...
winner (1): 2005 - VirslīgaVirsliga-Past Virslīga winners:-Top scorers:-Riga football league winners:* 1910 Union Riga* 1911 British FC Riga* 1912 Union Riga* 1913 British FC Riga* 1914 British FC Riga* 1915 British FC Riga-Champions of Latvia before Virslīga:* 1922 Ķeizarmežs...
runner-up (6): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 - Latvian CupLatvian football CupThe Latvian Football Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in Latvian football. It started in 1937 replacing the previous knockout tournament – Riga Football Cup.The competition is a knockout tournament....
winner (1): 2006 - Baltic LeagueBaltic LeagueThe Baltic League is a Baltic football club tournament, launched in 2007 inspired by the now defunct Scandinavian tournament Royal League and by the Baltic Basketball League. The top four club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania take part in the competition...
winner (1): 2007Baltic League 2007The 2007 season of Baltic League was the first edition of the Baltic League. The competition was won by Liepājas Metalurgs of Latvia, who beat fellow Latvians FK Ventspils 8–2 on aggregate in the final, which was spread over two legs on 8 November 2007 and 11 November 2007.-Group A:1 Dinaburg FC...