12 Facts About Jurijs Andrejevs

Jurijs Andrejevs was born on 16 January 1957 and is a Latvian former football player and manager who is the sporting director of Riga FC academy.

Jurijs Andrejevs was the manager of Latvia national team from 2004 to 2007, having succeeded Aleksandrs Starkovs in December 2004.

Jurijs Andrejevs played for FK Jurnieks, Progress, Celtnieks Riga, Alfa and Energija Riga.

Jurijs Andrejevs was champion with Soviet Latvia's football team FK Alfa in 1985.

Jurijs Andrejevs has worked with FK Daugava Riga and FK Pardaugava.

Jurijs Andrejevs was manager of Virsliga club Skonto from 2004 until 2005.

Jurijs Andrejevs was assistant manager under then manager, Aleksandrs Starkovs and when he moved to Russia to manage Spartak Moscow in September 2004, Andrejevs was promoted to manager.

Jurijs Andrejevs signed a two-year contract with the club and was released in 2008.

Jurijs Andrejevs has been Latvian national manager at various levels, including Under-16, Under-18 and Under-21.

Jurijs Andrejevs coached a number of famous Latvian players, when he was with the U-21 team, including Olegs Blagonadezdins, Imants Bleidelis, Viktors Dobrecovs, Aleksandrs Isakovs, Girts Karlsons, Vladimirs Kolesnicenko, Aleksandrs Kolinko, Igors Korablovs, Viktors Morozs, Marians Pahars, Andrejs Prohorenkovs, Andrejs Rubins, Genadijs Solonicins, Igors Stepanovs, Maris Verpakovskis and Dzintars Zirnis.

Jurijs Andrejevs started working with the Latvia national team in 2001 as assistant to Aleksandrs Starkovs Jurijs Andrejevs was assistant manager when Latvia qualified for and played in Euro 2004, held in Portugal.

However, Jurijs Andrejevs had used the match to give fringe squad players a chance to play.