Andrejs Rubins vs Arvīds Jurgens
Latvia against Latvia. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Andrejs Rubins
Latvia · 2000s · LB
- Almanac rating
- 80
- Rank in Latvia
- #7 of 33
- Caps
- 117 · 10 goals
- Clubs
- Skonto, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, Shamakhi FK
A dynamic left-back, his tireless runs down the flank and pinpoint crosses were a feature of the Latvian attack at Euro 2004. Career record: 117 caps and 10 goals for Latvia; club career at Skonto, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, Shamakhi FK.
Arvīds Jurgens
Latvia · 1924–36 · GK
- Almanac rating
- 80
- Rank in Latvia
- #8 of 33
- Caps
- 38 · 0 goals
- Clubs
- Rīgas FK, Riga Vanderer, FK ASK Riga
He spent his nineteenth birthday, 27 May 1924, in the Latvian goal against France at the Stade de Paris, and returned to the Olympics twelve years later on skates as an ice hockey forward at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Latvia's first Baltic Cup came in 1928 with him behind the defence, part of 38 caps across eleven years, alongside four Latvian league titles in goal, the 1925 basketball championship and five hockey titles with ASK Riga. Career record: 38 caps and 0 goals for Latvia; club career at Rīgas FK, Riga Vanderer, FK ASK Riga.
The verdict
The almanac cannot separate them: both are rated 80.
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