Roberts Mežeckis

Roberts Mežeckis
Personal information
Full name Roberts Mežeckis
Date of birth (1981-01-29) 29 January 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Latvia U-21 (general manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 Policijas FK 7 (0)
2001 Skonto FC 0 (0)
2002 PFK/Daugava 9 (0)
2003–2008 FK Rīga 113 (21)
2008 Skonto FC 7 (1)
2009 Cork City FC 3 (0)
International career
2009 Latvia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 January 2013

Roberts Mežeckis (born 29 January 1981) is a retired Latvian professional footballer, currently the general manager and team coordinator of Latvia national under-21 football team.

Career

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Roberts Mežeckis was born in Riga, the son of the former Latvian Football Federation general manager Jānis Mežeckis.

He signed for Cork City FC from F.K. Riga at the start of the 2009 season. Unfortunately Roberts' first team chances that season were limited due to ongoing injury problems[citation needed]. After the players were told they were effectively free agents, Mezeckis left the club on 30 July 2009. In September 2009 he announced his retirement from professional football, due to his long-term tendon of Achilles injury.

Post-football career

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In 2012 Mežeckis was appointed as the general manager and team coordinator of Latvia national under-21 football team.

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