Gints Freimanis

Gints Freimanis (9 May 1985 – 6 June 2023) was a Latvian professional footballer who played as a right-back.

Club career

Freimanis joined Saldus SS/Leevon in 2020.

International career

Freimanis first call-up to the senior Latvia national team squad came in May 2014 for the 2014 Baltic Cup, making his national team debut as a 94th-minute substitute in the final game against Lithuania, helping Latvia to win the trophy by a 1–0 scoreline.

Illness and death

Freimanis was diagnosed with skin cancer in October 2021. He died on 6 June 2023, at the age of 38.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Freimanis goal.

Honours

FK Jelgava

Latvian Football Cup: 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

Latvia

Baltic Cup: 2014, 2016

Individual

Best defender of 2016 Latvian Higher League

References

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1985 births

2023 deaths

Deaths from skin cancer

Deaths from cancer in Latvia

Latvian men's footballers

Men's association football fullbacks

Latvia men's international footballers

Latvian Higher League players

League of Ireland players

FK Jelgava players

FK Ventspils players

RSK Dižvanagi players

FK Rīga players

St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players

Greifswalder FC players

FK Spartaks Jūrmala players

People from Saldus

Latvian expatriate men's footballers

Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Ireland

Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Germany

Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland

Expatriate men's footballers in Germany