Reinis Zalitis
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Reinis Zālītis was a Latvia
n football
defender, famous for playing for Daugava Rīga.
Zālītis first began to play football in the sports school of Daugava Riga
in the early 1950s. His first coach was the renowned in Latvia Maksis Leviatānuss. 1961 he played with the Latvia youth team, in 1962 - with RVR Riga, in 1963 - with RER Riga. Both of the latter seasons he was also a member of the reserves squad of Daugava Rīga, in 1964 became a full time regular with Daugava and remained such until 1975 (with a break in 1974), capping more than 300 main squad appearances. From 1974 to 1976 he also was involved in coaching the Daugava squad. In later years he played with Torpedo Riga
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Because of his big height and good playing with the head Zālītis often played in the opponents penalty area for free kicks and corner kicks. With Daugava Zālītis made more than 300 main squad appearances until 1973..
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...
n football
Football (soccer)
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defender, famous for playing for Daugava Rīga.
Zālītis first began to play football in the sports school of Daugava Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
in the early 1950s. His first coach was the renowned in Latvia Maksis Leviatānuss. 1961 he played with the Latvia youth team, in 1962 - with RVR Riga, in 1963 - with RER Riga. Both of the latter seasons he was also a member of the reserves squad of Daugava Rīga, in 1964 became a full time regular with Daugava and remained such until 1975 (with a break in 1974), capping more than 300 main squad appearances. From 1974 to 1976 he also was involved in coaching the Daugava squad. In later years he played with Torpedo Riga
Torpedo Riga
Torpedo Rīga was a football club that played in Riga. The club played in the Latvian league with good success from 1979 to 2000 when it merged with Policijas FK.-As Torpedo Rīga:...
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Because of his big height and good playing with the head Zālītis often played in the opponents penalty area for free kicks and corner kicks. With Daugava Zālītis made more than 300 main squad appearances until 1973..