Ainārs Podziņš (; born 16 March 1992, in Jūrmala, Latvia) is a Latvian and RussianАйнарс Подзиньш: «Еду в российскую молодежку, но по-прежнему хочу выступать за сборную Латвии» ice hockey forward, currently playing for HC Kramatorsk of the UHL.
For a longer period of time Podziņš, a native of Latvia, carried a Russian passport and even played for the Russian U17 national team. However, in the summer of 2010, after joining Dinamo Riga, Podziņš managed to regain his Latvian citizenship.
In December 2017, Podziņš signed for the Edinburgh Capitals of the UK EIHL. He has since had spells in Australia, France, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2008–09 PHC Krylya Sovetov RUS–2 6 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2008–09 PHC Krylya Sovetov 2 RUS–2 39 3 5 8 12 — — — — — 2009–10 PHC Krylya Sovetov RUS–3 53 13 11 24 38 — — — — — 2010–11 Dinamo Riga KHL 19 1 0 1 6 11 0 1 1 6 2010–11 HK Riga MHL 17 2 6 8 16 — — — — — 2011–12 Dinamo Riga KHL 38 4 0 4 21 4 0 0 0 2 2011–12 HK Riga MHL 7 2 1 3 2 — — — — — 2011–12 HK Juniors LHL — — — — — 5 0 0 0 0 2012–13 HK Riga MHL 5 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 2012–13 Metalurgs Liepaja BXL 22 6 6 12 2 — — — — — 2012–13 Vityaz Chekhov KHL 13 1 3 4 4 — — — — — 2012–13 Russkie Vityazi Chekhov MHL 8 3 3 6 0 — — — — — 2013–14 Vityaz Podolsk KHL 11 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 2013–14 Titan Klin VHL 12 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2014–15 HC Kuban VHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2014–15 HK Martin SVK1 14 3 5 8 2 3 0 0 0 2 2015–16 Sokol Krasnoyarsk VHL 44 4 7 11 38 — — — — — 2016–17 EHC Bayreuth DEL2 4 1 2 3 0 — — — — — 2016–17 EC Kitzbühel AlpsHL 12 7 5 12 2 — — — — — 2016–17 Iisalmen Peli-Karhut Mestis 7 5 2 7 25 8 3 4 7 4 2017–18 Metallurg Novokuznetsk VHL 13 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 2017–18 Edinburgh Capitals EIHL 32 12 8 20 18 — — — — — 2018 CBR Brave AIHL 17 16 19 35 22 — — — — — 2018–19 LHC Les Lions Ligue Magnus 15 1 4 5 14 — — — — — 2018–19 HC Almaty KAZ 7 0 3 3 14 1 0 0 0 0 2019–20 HC Donbass UHL 30 18 16 34 18 2 0 0 0 2 2020–21 HC Donbass UHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2020–21 HC Kramatorsk UHL 26 5 8 13 36 3 2 0 2 4KHL totals 19 1 0 1 6 11 0 1 1 6
References
External links
Global-sport profile Ainārs's blog on allhockey.ru