PLAYER DETAILS
Vitālijs Astafjevs profile
- Club
- _Retired Soccer
- Position
- Defensive Midfield
- Nationality
- Latvia
- Date of birth
- 1971-04-03
- Birthplace
- Riga, Latvia
- Height
- 180 cm
PLAYER BIOGRAPHY
About Vitālijs Astafjevs
Vitālijs Astafjevs (born 3 April 1971) is a Latvian former professional football midfielder, and former assistant manager of the Latvia national team.
Astafjevs won nine Latvian championships with Skonto Riga. He also played abroad for clubs in Austria, England and Russia. At international level, Astaefjevs captained Latvia at UEFA Euro 2004. With 167 caps for his country Astafjevs held the European record for the most international matches played, until being overtaken by Gianluigi Buffon in 2017. He is currently the joint sixteenth-most capped male footballer in history, alongside Iker Casillas.