Andrejs Cigaņiks

Andrejs Cigaņiks (born 12 April 1997) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Polish club Widzew Łódź.[2]

Andrejs Cigaņiks
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-04-12) 12 April 1997
Place of birth Riga, Latvia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Widzew Łódź
Youth career
Skonto FC
2013–2016 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Viktoria Köln 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– Widzew Łódź 2 (0)
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 39 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2022

Club career

Born in Riga, he has played club football for Skonto FC, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Viktoria Köln, FC Schalke 04 II and SC Cambuur.[1][3][4] In July 2021 he signed for DAC Dunajská Streda[5][6]

On 2 January 2022, Cigaņiks joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Widzew Łódź on a deal until June 2024, with an option to extend for another year.[7]

International career

After playing for the Latvian youth teams,[8] he made his senior international debut for Latvia in 2018.[1] [9]

International
As of match played 19 November 2022 [10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Latvia
201840
201940
202080
2021131
2022101
Total392

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
11 September 2021Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia Gibraltar3–13–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
219 November 2022Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia Iceland1–11–1
(8–9 p)		2022 Baltic Cup final

Personal life

Cigaņiks's father is from Ukraine and is a cousin of Ukrainian sports journalist and commentator Ihor Tsyhanyk.[11]

References
  1. "Andrejs Cigaņiks". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. Andrejs Cigaņiks at WorldFootball.net
  3. Andrejs Cigaņiks at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  4. "Kļava nepaliks Norvēģijā, Cigaņiks pievienojas "Bayer" akadēmijai" (in Latvian). Sporta Centrs. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  5. Andrejs Ciganiks novým hráčom DAC-u 19 July 2021
  6. "Cigaņiks gūst pirmos vārtus Slovākijas čempionātā". Delfi.lv.
  7. "Andrejs Ciganiks podpisał kontrakt z Widzewem" (in Polish). Widzew Łódź. 2 January 2023.
  8. "Andrejs Cigaņiks - Latvijas Futbola federācija". lff.lv.
  9. "Ej un uzzīmē – Andrejs Cigaņiks par iejušanos izlasē 0". La.lv.
  10. "Andrejs CIGANIKS". footballdatabase.
  11. "Племінник Циганика, який забивав МЮ в Юнацькій Лізі чемпіонів, перейшов у Шальке" (in Ukrainian). Football24.ua. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
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