title: List of Latvian football transfers summer 2016
text: # List of Latvian football transfers summer 2016
  
  This is a list of Latvian football transfers in the 2016 summer transfer window by club. Only transfers of the Virslīga are included.
  
      All transfers mentioned are shown in the references at the bottom of the page. If you wish to insert a transfer that isn't mentioned there, please add a reference.
  
  ## Latvian Higher League
  
  ### Liepāja
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | DF | CRO | Dino Kluk (from Hrvatski Dragovoljac) |
  | — | DF | CRO | Dario Tomić (from NK Istra 1961) |
  | — | DF | NGA | Francis Ubong (on loan from JFK Saldus) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Kaspars Gorkšs (from Dukla Prague) |
  | — | MF | CRO | Marko Brtan (from Wigry Suwałki) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 9 | FW | LVA | Dāvis Ikaunieks (on loan to Vysočina Jihlava) |
  | 10 | FW | LVA | Edgars Gauračs (loan return to Spartaks) |
  | 14 | DF | LVA | Endijs Šlampe (on loan to Rīgas Futbola skola) |
  | 24 | DF | LVA | Pāvels Mihadjuks (on loan to Spartaks) |
  | 33 | FW | LVA | Vladimirs Kamešs (to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
  
  ### Ventspils
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | LVA | Ivans Baturins (from TuS Koblenz) |
  | — | DF | RUS | Yevgeny Postnikov (on loan from FC Astana) |
  | — | MF | GHA | Abdul Rashid Obuobi (from Donji Srem) |
  | — | FW | RUS | Aleksei Alekseyev (from Baltika Kaliningrad) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 2 | DF | SRB | Nenad Vasić (loan return to SK Babīte) |
  | 10 | FW | ALB | Ndue Mujeci (to Pirin Blagoevgrad) |
  | 17 | FW | LVA | Anastasijs Mordatenko (on loan to Radnički Niš, previously on loan at Daugavpils) |
  
  ### Jelgava
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | DF | LVA | Mārcis Ošs (from Górnik Zabrze) |
  | — | MF | LTU | Mindaugas Grigaravičius (from METTA/LU) |
  | — | MF | RUS | Artjoms Osipovs (from METTA/LU) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Andrejs Perepļotkins (from Skonto FC) |
  | — | FW | LTU | Karolis Laukžemis (from Sūduva Marijampolė) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 2 | DF | LVA | Vladislavs Sorokins (to Rīgas Futbola skola) |
  | 17 | DF | LVA | Viktors Litvinskis (to Rīgas Futbola skola) |
  | 19 | FW | LVA | Aleksejs Davidenkovs (to Rīgas Futbola skola) |
  | 21 | FW | BLR | Vladislav Klimovich (loan return to BATE Borisov) |
  | 29 | FW | EST | Kevin Kauber (on loan to Levadia Tallinn) |
  
  ### Spartaks
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | LTU | Marius Rapalis (from FK Trakai) |
  | — | GK | LVA | Vladislavs Lazarevs (free agent) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Andrejs Panasjuks (free agent) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Aleksandrs Gubins (from Riga FC) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Pāvels Mihadjuks (on loan from Liepāja) |
  | — | DF | MDA | Constantin Bogdan (from Sheriff Tiraspol) |
  | — | MF | CRO | Tomislav Havojić (from Lučko Zagreb) |
  | — | MF | FIN | Moshtagh Yaghoubi (loan return from Shakhter Karagandy) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Edgars Gauračs (loan return from Liepāja) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Daniels Kursietis (from RTU FC) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 1 | GK | LVA | Igors Labuts (to SK Babīte) |
  | 2 | DF | LVA | Madis Miķelsons (to Valmieras FK) |
  | 3 | DF | LVA | Nauris Bulvītis (to Plymouth Argyle) |
  | 4 | DF | LVA | Sergejs Kožans (to Riga FC) |
  | 13 | MF | KAZ | Rinat Khayrullin (loan return to FC Astana) |
  | 19 | FW | ITA | Francesco Vivacqua (released) |
  | 20 | MF | CRO | Tomislav Havojić (to NK Rudeš) |
  
  ### Daugavpils
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | LVA | Pāvels Davidovs (from FC Smorgon) |
  | — | DF | BLR | Sergey Tsvetinsky (from FC Slutsk) |
  | — | DF | MDA | Denis Rassulov (from Milsami Orhei) |
  | — | DF | FRA | Cedric Krou (from Northwich Victoria) |
  | — | DF | USA | Papa Abdoulaye Faly (from Dallas City) |
  | — | DF | RUS | Daniil Melikhov (from Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
  | — | MF | RUS | Maksim Terentyev (from CRFSO Smolensk) |
  | — | MF | RUS | Oleg Inkin (from FC Mika) |
  | — | MF | RUS | Andrey Belomyttsev (from FC Mika) |
  | — | MF | TUN | Moez Aloulou (from OC Kerkennah) |
  | — | MF | CIV | Mamadou Ibrahim Doumbia (from ECAF FC) |
  | — | MF | CIV | Tiemoko Herve Traore (from Salaspils FC) |
  | — | FW | MDA | Serghei Alexeev (from Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol) |
  | — | FW | RUS | Alexey Shebanov (from Khimik Dzerzhinsk) |
  | — | FW | BLR | Syarhey Krot (from FC Smorgon) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Vitālijs Ziļs (from Sillamäe Kalev) |
  | — | FW | RUS | Nikita Podyachev (from Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
  | — | FW | ENG | Jamie Matthews (from AFC Fylde) |
  | — | FW | CIV | Steve Dorgeles Zogbo (from Salaspils FC) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Jurijs Halimons (from FK Krāslava) |
  | — | FW | NGA | John Prince (from Corinthians Jos) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 4 | DF | LVA | Antonijs Černomordijs (to Riga FC, previously on loan at Lech Poznań) |
  | 8 | MF | AZE | Orkhan Gurbanli (loan return to Neftchi) |
  | 11 | FW | LVA | Ričards Grauze (to FK Auda) |
  | 17 | FW | LVA | Anastasijs Mordatenko (loan return to Ventspils) |
  | 19 | FW | AZE | Mirabdulla Abbasov (loan return to Neftchi) |
  | 25 | DF | CZE | Roman Kulikov (released) |
  | 30 | MF | POR | Miguel Cid (to Gondomar S.C.) |
  
  ### METTA/LU
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | DF | NGA | Usman Abbas (from Heart Abuja) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Konstantīns Fjodorovs (from 1. FC Slovácko) |
  | — | MF | JPN | Takato Yamazaki (from TSG Lübbenau 63) |
  | — | MF | JPN | Takumi Miyazaki (from Chiba Soccer Club) |
  | — | FW | JPN | Akihiro Takada (free agent) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 8 | DF | LVA | Ņikita Juhņevičs (to Riga FC) |
  | 9 | MF | LTU | Mindaugas Grigaravičius (to Jelgava) |
  | 10 | FW | JPN | Akihiro Takada (to FC Shirak) |
  | 11 | MF | RUS | Artjoms Osipovs (to Jelgava) |
  | 18 | FW | LVA | Ēriks Punculs (to Riga FC) |
  | 20 | DF | LVA | Klāvs Bāliņš (to Riga FC) |
  
  ### Riga FC
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | DF | LVA | Sergejs Kožans (from Spartaks) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Ņikita Juhņevičs (from METTA/LU) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Antonijs Černomordijs (from Daugavpils) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Klāvs Bāliņš (from METTA/LU) |
  | — | DF | RUS | Sergei Shumeyko (from Torpedo Moscow) |
  | — | DF | RUS | Vladislav Khatazhyonkov (from Rodina Moscow) |
  | — | MF | RUS | Ivan Sergeyev (on loan from Strogino Moscow) |
  | — | MF | RUS | Ivan Yenin (on loan from Vityaz Podolsk) |
  | — | MF | SLE | Bankole Junior Kamara (from Kellie FC) |
  | — | MF | CIV | Kassim Cisse (from Egnanda de Zaranou) |
  | — | FW | BFA | Aristide Bancé (from Chippa United) |
  | — | FW | EST | Bogdan Vastsuk (from Reading) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Ēriks Punculs (from METTA/LU) |
  | — | FW | NGA | Same James Audu (from DSS FC) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 5 | DF | LVA | Dmitrijs Daņilovs (to SK Babīte) |
  | 6 | DF | LVA | Reinis Flaksis (to Rīgas Futbola skola) |
  | 7 | MF | LVA | Alekss Regža (to AFA Olaine) |
  | 17 | DF | RUS | Vladislav Khatazhyonkov (to Rodina Moscow) |
  | 18 | DF | LVA | Dmitrijs Halvitovs (to Sandnessjøen IL) |
  | 21 | MF | LVA | Iļja Šadčins (to Rīgas Futbola skola) |
  | 77 | DF | LVA | Aleksandrs Gubins (to Spartaks) |
  | 34 | FW | UKR | Pavlo Fedosov (on loan to PFC Sumy) |
  
  ### Rīgas Futbola skola
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | LVA | Deniss Romanovs (from Madura United) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Vitālijs Topčijevs (free agent) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Reinis Flaksis (from Riga FC) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Endijs Šlampe (on loan from Liepāja) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Vladislavs Sorokins (from Jelgava) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Viktors Litvinskis (from Jelgava) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Ņikita Kovaļonoks (from VFC Plauen) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Iļja Šadčins (from Riga FC) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Daniils Hvoiņickis (from AFA Olaine) |
  | — | MF | GEO | Giorgi Diakvnishvili (from Caramba Rīga) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Aleksejs Davidenkovs (from Jelgava) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 3 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Polyanskyi (to Utenis Utena) |
  | 5 | DF | LVA | Igors Barinovs (to AFA Olaine) |
  | 7 | MF | LVA | Maksims Vasiļjevs (to SK Babīte) |
  | 16 | GK | LVA | Hugo Puriņš (on loan to FK Auda) |
  | 20 | FW | LVA | Aleksejs Rosoha (to SK Babīte) |
  | 22 | FW | LVA | Ņikita Ivanovs (loan return to Skonto FC) |
  