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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Skonto Stadions - Riga Friday 9 June 2017 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Latvia Group B - Matchday 6 Portugal Last updated 09/06/2017 10:29CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Legend 10 1 Latvia - Portugal Friday 9 June 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Skonto Stadions, Riga Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Ronaldo 28 (P), 85, William Carvalho 70, 13/11/2016 QR (GS) Portugal - Latvia 4-1 Faro-Loulé Bruno Alves 90+2; Zjuzins 67 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Pauleta 18, 20, Hugo 12/10/2005 QR (GS) Portugal - Latvia 3-0 Porto Viana 85 Ronaldo 58, Pauleta 04/09/2004 QR (GS) Latvia - Portugal 0-2 Riga 59 EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Luís Figo 5, Secretário 20, 03/06/1995 PR (GS) Portugal - Latvia 3-2 Porto Domingos 21; Rimkus 51, 82 Milevskis 87; João 09/10/1994 PR (GS) Latvia - Portugal 1-3 Liepaja Pinto 31, 69, Luís Figo 70 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Total Latvia 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 - - - - 5 0 0 5 4 15 Portugal 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 5 5 0 0 15 4 2 Latvia - Portugal Friday 9 June 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Skonto Stadions, Riga Squad list Latvia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Andris Vaņins 30/04/1980 37 Zürich - 5 0 0 0 - Pāvels Šteinbors 21/09/1985 31 Arka - 0 0 0 0 - Kaspars Ikstens 05/06/1988 29 Jelgava - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Kaspars Gorkšs 06/11/1981 35 Riga * 5 0 0 0 - Aleksandrs Solovjovs 25/02/1988 29 Rīga - 1 0 0 0 - Gints Freimanis 09/05/1985 32 Jelgava * 2 0 0 0 - Vitālijs Maksimenko 08/12/1990 26 Mattersburg - 4 0 0 0 - Ņikita Koļesovs 25/09/1996 20 Ventspils - 0 0 0 0 - Mārcis Ošs 25/07/1991 25 Jelgava - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Aleksejs Višņakovs 03/02/1984 33 Rīga - 5 0 0 0 - Oļegs Laizāns 28/03/1987 30 Riga * 5 0 0 0 - Vladimirs Kamešs 28/10/1988 28 Liepāja - 0 0 0 0 - Vitālijs Jagodinskis 28/02/1992 25 Diósgyőr * 5 0 0 0 Spartaks - Edgars Vardanjans 09/05/1993 24 - 0 0 0 0 Jūrmala - Jānis Ikaunieks 16/02/1995 22 Larissa - 2 0 0 0 Spartaks - Jevgeņijs Kazačoks 12/08/1995 21 - 0 0 0 0 Jūrmala - Glebs Kļuškins 01/10/1992 24 Jelgava * 4 0 0 0 - Dāvis Indrāns 06/06/1995 22 METTA - 0 0 0 0 - Roberts Uldriķis 03/04/1998 19 Rīga - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Deniss Rakels 20/08/1992 24 Reading - 1 0 0 0 - Valērijs Šabala 12/10/1994 22 Riga - 4 1 0 0 - Dāvis Ikaunieks 07/01/1994 23 Jihlava * 5 0 0 0 - Vladislavs Gutkovskis 02/04/1995 22 Nieciecza - 3 0 0 0 Coach - Aleksandrs Starkovs 26/07/1955 61 - 0 0 0 0 3 Latvia - Portugal Friday 9 June 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Skonto Stadions, Riga Portugal Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Beto 01/05/1982 35 Sporting CP - 0 0 0 0 - Rui Patrício 15/02/1988 29 Sporting CP - 5 0 0 0 - José Sá 17/01/1993 24 Porto - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Bruno Alves 27/11/1981 35 Cagliari - 1 1 0 0 - Eliseu 01/10/1983 33 Benfica - 0 0 0 0 - Pepe 26/02/1983 34 Real Madrid - 4 0 0 0 - José Fonte 22/12/1983 33 West Ham * 5 0 0 0 - Cédric 31/08/1991 25 Southampton - 2 0 0 0 - Luís Neto 26/05/1988 29 Zenit - 0 0 0 0 - Raphaël Guerreiro 22/12/1993 23 Dortmund - 4 0 0 0 Midfielders - Ricardo Quaresma 26/09/1983 33 Beşiktaş - 5 0 0 0 - João Moutinho 08/09/1986 30 Monaco - 4 1 0 0 - Adrien Silva 15/03/1989 28 Sporting CP * 1 0 0 0 - William Carvalho 07/04/1992 25 Sporting CP - 4 1 0 0 - Danilo 09/09/1991 25 Porto - 0 0 0 0 - André Gomes 30/07/1993 23 Barcelona * 4 0 0 0 - Bernardo Silva 10/08/1994 22 Monaco - 3 0 0 0 - Gelson Martins 11/05/1995 22 Sporting CP - 3 0 0 0 - Pizzi 06/10/1989 27 Benfica - 1 0 0 0 - Nélson Semedo 16/11/1993 23 Benfica - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Cristiano Ronaldo 05/02/1985 32 Real Madrid - 4 9 0 0 - Nani 17/11/1986 30 Valencia - 2 0 0 0 - André Silva 06/11/1995 21 Porto - 5 5 0 0 Coach - Fernando Santos 10/10/1954 62 - 5 0 0 0 4 Latvia - Portugal Friday 9 June 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Skonto Stadions, Riga Head coach Aleksandrs Starkovs Date of birth: 26 July 1955 Nationality: Latvian Playing career: RPI Madona, FK Daugava Rīga (twice), FC Dinamo Moskva Coaching career: FK Daugava Rīga (assistant), Latvia Under-21s, Skonto FC (twice), Latvia (three times), FC Spartak Moskva, Bakı FK • A prolific goalscorer, Starkovs found the net over 100 times in the former Soviet league for Daugava Rīga and was voted Latvia's Golden Player of the past 50 years to celebrate UEFA's jubilee in 2004. • After a spell as an assistant at Daugava, he led Skonto, where he won the Latvian title in all of his 12 seasons in charge (1993–2004), extending the club's record sequence to 14 successive crowns. • Coached Latvia and Skonto in tandem from 2001, unexpectedly leading the national team to UEFA EURO 2004. Joined Spartak Moskva after the finals and guided them to the runners-up spot in the Russian league in 2005. • Coached Latvia again from 2007 to 2013, during which time he won another title in a second spell as Skonto coach (2009 to 2011) and steered Bakı in Azerbaijan (2011 to 2012). Embarked on a third term as Latvia boss in April 2017, having spent the intervening years working for the Latvian Football Federation (LFF) and coaching in Skonto's youth ranks. Fernando Santos Date of birth: 10 October 1954 Nationality: Portuguese Playing career: SL Benfica, CS Marítimo, Estoril Praia Coaching career: Estoril Praia, CF Estrela da Amadora, FC Porto, AEK Athens FC (twice), Panathinaikos FC, Sporting Clube de Portugal, SL Benfica, PAOK FC, Greece, Portugal • A left-back, Santos started his playing days at home-town club Benfica before two-year stints with Marítimo and Estoril-Praia. Retired in 1975. • After a career change as a technician – Santos holds a degree in electrical and telecommunications engineering – he returned to football in 1987, taking over at former team Estoril-Praia. Stayed seven years, guiding them to two promotions and the Portuguese top flight. • Had four seasons with Estrela da Amadora prior to joining Porto in 1998. Led his side to the Liga title in his first term, adding two domestic cups before departing for AEK in 2001. Again made an instant impact, lifting the 2002 Greek Cup. Went to Panathinaikos that summer followed by spells at Sporting, AEK and Benfica. • He then revived PAOK's fortunes, steering them to runners-up spot in the 2009/10 Super League to earn a place in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Announced his departure in May 2010 and was confirmed as Otto Rehhagel's successor as Greece coach six weeks later, proving an immediate hit as he helped them to UEFA EURO 2012. • Repeated the feat for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, guiding them to the last 16, before stepping down. He was appointed by Portugal that September after Paulo Bento's departure following a 1-0 defeat by Albania and led them to UEFA EURO 2016 thanks to seven successive victories. The crowning glory was to come in France, Portugal remaining unbeaten throughout the tournament and defeating the hosts in the St-Denis final thanks to Éder's extra- time goal. 5 Latvia - Portugal Friday 9 June 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Skonto Stadions, Riga Match officials Referee István Kovács (ROU) Assistant referees Vasile Florin Marinescu (ROU) , Ovidiu Artene (ROU) Fourth official Horatiu Fesnic (ROU) FIFA Match Commissioner Emil Ubias (CZE) Referee observer Sokol Jareci (ALB) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches István Kovács 16/09/1984 2 36 FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 16/10/2012 WC QR Latvia Liechtenstein 2-0 Riga Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 30/06/2011 UEL 1QR FC Daugava Daugavpils Tromsø IL 0-5 Daugavpils 16/10/2012 WC QR Latvia Liechtenstein 2-0 Riga 10/10/2013 U19 QR Scotland Latvia 1-1 Minsk 19/07/2014 U19 GS-FT Portugal Israel 3-0 Felcsut 28/07/2014 U19 SF Portugal Serbia 0-0 Felcsut 23/07/2015 UEL 2QR FK Rabotnicki FK Jelgava 2-0 Skopje 6 Latvia - Portugal Friday 9 June 2017 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Skonto Stadions, Riga Competition facts The Week of Football concept enables fans around the world to enjoy the very best action from the European Qualifiers – which will determine UEFA's representatives at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.