Ģirts Karlsons (born 7 June 1981) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
As a youth player Karlsons played for his local club Liepājas Metalurgs, being taken to the first team in 1998, at the age of 17.
After some impressive matches there he attracted interest from several European clubs, but finally settled down in Azerbaijan, signing a contract with Inter Baku in the summer of 2009.
[18] Karlsons left Neman on 9 June 2014 due to family reasons and returned to Latvia.
[19] On 3 July 2014, Karlsons signed a contract with the Latvian Higher League title holders FK Ventspils.
[24] On 28 December 2005 he scored in Latvia's 2–1 win over Oman national football team to reach the final of the King's Cup in Thailand.
[25] Latvia won the cup, beating Korea DPR 2–1 in the final on 30 December with Karlsons again scoring.
[28] Karlsons was recalled to the national team in the autumn of 2016, earning his 50th cap on 7 October 2016 after coming on as a substitute in the 0:2 home loss against the Faroe Islands in a 2018 World Cup qualifier.