Andrejs Cigaņiks

Andrejs Cigaņiks
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-04-12) 12 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Riga, Latvia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Left winger, wing-back
Team information
Current team
 Luzern
Number 14
Youth career
Skonto FC
2013–2016 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Bayer Leverkusen 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Viktoria Köln (loan) 4 (1)
2017–2018 Schalke 04 II 20 (5)
2018–2019 SC Cambuur 27 (0)
2019 RFS 14 (1)
2020–2021 Zorya Luhansk 21 (0)
2021–2023 DAC Dunajská Streda 38 (2)
2023–2024 Widzew Łódź 43 (4)
2024– Luzern 17 (1)
International career‡
2012 Latvia U16 2 (2)
2012–2013 Latvia U17 6 (0)
2014–2015 Latvia U19 7 (0)
2015–2018 Latvia U21 15 (1)
2018– Latvia 59 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 November 2024

Andrejs Cigaņiks (born 12 April 1997) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a left winger or wing-back for Swiss club Luzern and the Latvia national team.[2]

Club career

Born in Riga,[3] Cigaņiks started playing football in the youth teams of Skonto FC, before signing for German club Bayer 04 Leverkusenin 2013.[4] In June 2016 he was loaned to FC Viktoria Köln,[5] before playing for FC Schalke 04 II.[6] Cigaņiks transferred to Dutch club SC Cambuur in July 2018.[7]

He returned to Latvia in 2019 and spent the second half of the season at Premier League club RFS.[8] In January 2020, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Ukrainian Premier League club Zorya Luhansk.[9] In July 2021 he signed for Slovakian club DAC Dunajská Streda.[10][11]

On 2 January 2023, Cigaņiks joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Widzew Łódź on a deal until June 2024, with an option to extend for another year.[12] On 10 February 2024, he penned a new contract, keeping him with the club until mid-2026.[13]

On 5 July 2024, Swiss Super League club Luzern announced the signing of Cigaņiks on a three-year contract, for an undisclosed fee.[14]

International career

After playing for the Latvian youth teams,[15] he made his senior international debut for Latvia on 13 October 2018, appearing as a substitute in the 67th minute, against Kazakhstan in the UEFA Nations League match.[16][3][17] He scored his first goal for the national team on 1 September 2021 against Gibraltar in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[18]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 11 June 2024 [19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Latvia
2018 4 0
2019 4 0
2020 8 0
2021 13 1
2022 10 1
2023 9 0
2024 4 2
Total 52 4

International goals

Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ciganiks goal.
List of international goals scored by Andrejs Ciganiks
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 1 September 2021 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Gibraltar 3–1 3–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 19 November 2022 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Iceland 1–1 1–1
(8–9 p)		 2022 Baltic Cup final
3 21 March 2024 AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus  Cyprus 1–1 1–1 Friendly
4 11 June 2024 Daugava Stadium, Liepāja, Latvia  Faroe Islands 1–0 1–0 2024 Baltic Cup third place match

Personal life

Cigaņiks's father is from Ukraine and is a cousin of Ukrainian sports journalist and commentator Ihor Tsyhanyk.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Zawodnik Widzew Łódź: Andrejs Ciganiks". Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  2. ^ Andrejs Cigaņiks at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Andrejs Cigaņiks". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Kļava nepaliks Norvēģijā, Cigaņiks pievienojas "Bayer" akadēmijai" (in Latvian). Sporta Centrs. 29 June 2013. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  5. ^ "LETTISCHES TALENT KOMMT VON BAYER LEVERKUSEN". viktoria1904.de (in German). 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  6. ^ "U23 spielt 2:2 gegen die Zweite von Roda Kerkrade". schalke04.de (in German). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Latvijas U21 izlases pussargs Cigaņiks karjeru turpinās Nīderlandes 1. līgā". sporta-klubi.lv (in Latvian). 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Latvijas izlases futbolists Cigaņiks pievienojies RFS". jauns.lv (in Latvian). 23 June 2019. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  9. ^ "CIGAŅIKS NOSLĒDZIS DIVU AR PUSI GADU LĪGUMU AR UKRAINAS KOMANDU "ZORYA"". sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 16 January 2020. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Andrejs Ciganiks novým hráčom DAC-u". dac1904.sk (in Slovak). 19 July 2021. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Cigaņiks gūst pirmos vārtus Slovākijas čempionātā". delfi.lv (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Andrejs Ciganiks podpisał kontrakt z Widzewem" (in Polish). Widzew Łódź. 2 January 2023. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Andrejs Ciganiks na dłużej w Widzewie!" (in Polish). Widzew Łódź. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Andrejs Ciganiks zum FCL". FC Luzern. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Andrejs Cigaņiks - Latvijas Futbola federācija". lff.lv. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  16. ^ "LATVIJAS IZLASE SPĒLĒ NEIZŠĶIRTI AR KAZAHSTĀNU". lff.lv (in Latvian). 13 October 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  17. ^ "Ej un uzzīmē – Andrejs Cigaņiks par iejušanos izlasē 0". La.lv. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  18. ^ "LATVIJA SVIN PIRMO UZVARU PK KVALIFIKĀCIJĀ". lff.lv (in Latvian). 1 September 2021. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  19. ^ "Andrejs CIGANIKS". footballdatabase. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  20. ^ "Племінник Циганика, який забивав МЮ в Юнацькій Лізі чемпіонів, перейшов у Шальке" (in Ukrainian). Football24.ua. 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.


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