Jānis Jansons

Jānis Jansons
Jānis Jansons during the 2007/2008 Latvian Floorball League season
Personal information
Nationality Latvia
Born (1982-12-28) December 28, 1982 (age 41)
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight187 lb (85 kg)
Sport
SportFloorball
PositionCentre
ShootsRight
LeagueSSL
TeamPixbo Wallenstam IBK
Turned pro1999

Jānis Jansons (born 28 December 1982, in Talsi)[1] is a Latvian floorball player who is currently playing for Pixbo Wallenstam IBK in the SSL.

National team

Jansons has played 21 games for the Latvian national team and collected 17 points. He has participated in six world floorball championships; 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010.

"Reactive Jānis Jansons' - Jānis Jansons is the only Latvian player who played floorball in Mecca - Swedish super league. One of the most prominent Latvian national team player.

The first offer to play the Swedish elite league Jansons received in 2004. "Then we went to the Champions Cup tournament with Rubene team which was reinforced with another club's best player, and played with Pixbo 6:7! Pixbo head coach Jan Inge Forsberg came to me and offered to play with them. "Then Jansons was only 22 years old, and he decided to pursue studies. Followed by an offer from another Swedish giant - AIC, but the last moment all dispersed."

Now Jānis Jansons is back after 2 seasons in Latvian Lielvārde floorball club and now he is a playing coach, but the situation for a player playing in Sweden he explains as follows:

"When I returned to play in Latvia, I was upset that I am not as good as I thought at the beginning. However, looking at how Sweden fared Zhelezniye Czech superstar, the world's best goalkeeper Toivoniemi bags, and other samplings leaders who are unable to settle in this league, you realize that it's not that simple", a Swedish professional visitors nationalism is difficult to live with.[2]

Jānis Jansons became the 2011/2012 season Latvia champion, with floorball club Lielvārde.

Career statistics

Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM
1999–2000 Roja ME
2000–2001 Roja ME 19 14 33
2001–2002 SK Latvijas Avīze ME 19 23 20 43 20
2002–2003 SK Latvijas Avīze ME 24 43 26 69 16
2003–2004 Ķekava ME 17 12 5 17 6
2004–2005 Ķekava ME 30 43 35 78 24
2005–2006 Ķekava ME 28 43 27 70 26
2006–2007 Ķekava ME 24 37 32 69 16
2007–2008 Talsi ME 28 55 53 108 22
2008–2009 Talsi ME 35 50 42 92 35
2009–2010 Pixbo Wallenstam IBK SSL 23 3 2 5 4
       Career Totals 170 213 198 411 130
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes
Note: Full statistics are unavailable

References

  1. ^ Edgars Ikstens (7 November 2010). ""Talsi/Triobet" spēlētājs iekļauts Latvijas florbola izlases sastāvā" (in Latvian). talsi24.lv. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  2. ^ http://www.sporto.lv/raksts/reaktivais-janis-jansons[permanent dead link] (in Latvian), retrieved 2012-05-31