Aivars Drupass

Aivars Drupass

Personal information
Full name	Aivars Drupass
Date of birth	3 August 1963
Place of birth	Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death	1999
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1982	FK Daugava Rīga	1	(0 49)
1984	SKA Khabarovsk	37	(8)
1985	CSKA Moscow	21	(1)
1986–1990	FK Daugava Rīga	177	(37)
1991	FC Karpaty Lviv	15	(4)
1992	FC Skonto	2	(0)
National team
1992	Latvia	4	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Aivars Drupass (1963–1999) was a Latvian football forward.

Playing career

At the age of 18 the talented forward who was previously coached by Latvian footballer Gunārs Ulmanis joined FK Daugava Rīga. In his first season for Daugava he played in just one game. Since he had to join the army, for several years Drupass played in army clubs – SKA Khabarovsk and CSKA Moscow but in 1986 he was back in Daugava (6 goals in 33 matches).^[1] In 1992 he played 2 games for FC Skonto, the Latvian champion. Drupass also made 4 international appearances for Latvia (including in the first international match for Latvia after regaining of independence). He died from a serious illness at the age of just 36 years.

Honours

• Latvian Champion (1):
  • 1992

References

1. Drupass statistics in Soviet leagues