Vadims Žuļevs


Vadims Žuļevs is a Latvian footballer, currently playing for FK Liepāja.

Club career

As a youth player Žuļevs played in his home-town Brocēni, signing his first professional contract in 2006 with FK Daugava Daugavpils. Žuļevs played there for 2 years until 2008, making 24 league appearances and scoring no goals. In 2008, he left, signing with FK Daugava Riga. During 1 season there he played 13 matches, scoring 1 goal. In 2009, he went on trial with Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Lombard-Pápa TFC in Hungary and signed a contract with them, leaving Latvian Higher League. All over 3 seasons Žuļevs played 28 games for the Hungarian side. He left in 2012, joining FC Jūrmala in the Latvian Higher League. Žuļevs played 28 matches and scored 2 goals for Jūrmala in the 2012 season, finishing in the sixth place of the league table. In February 2013 he joined the Latvian Higher League club FK Jelgava. In May 2014 Žuļevs helped Jelgava win the Latvian Cup. In July 2014 Žuļevs returned to Hungary, signing a two-year contract with his previous club Lombard-Pápa TFC.
Žuļevs signed with FK Liepāja in the beginning of January 2019.

International career

Žuļevs has made 22 appearances and scored one goal for Latvia U-21. He made his debut for Latvia national football team on 16 October 2018 in a 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D game against Georgia.

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