Known for latvia's outstanding pre-war goalkeeper and the only player in the country's history to represent it in four sports. The Baltic Cup is the closest thing to an international title Latvia has ever won, and the squad ignores that era in goal completely. Biggest achievements: Baltic Cup winner with Latvia in 1928; three Latvian league titles with RFK; two Riga Football Cups; also a Latvian international in ice hockey, basketball and bandy.
One rank above: Andrejs Rubins at #7.
One rank below: Juris Laizāns at #9.
Latvia's editorial top five: Māris Verpakovskis · Marians Pahars · Vitālijs Astafjevs · Aleksandrs Koļinko · Andris Vaņins.