Edgars Gauračs

Until summer 2006 he played for Blāzma Rēzekne, but after training in Italy with teams like Milan, Sampdoria and Lazio, he signed with Ascoli.

[6] Gauračs finally signed a contract with FC Rapid București in Romania and he joined the club on loan from Ventspils until the end of the season.

[14] In February 2011 Gauračs went on trial with Russian National Football League club FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk and signed a contract with them in March 2011.

[17] On 15 June 2012 Gauračs signed a two-year contract with another Russian National Football League club Torpedo Moscow.

[18] The player himself stated that Torpedo's ambitions to earn a promotion to the Russian Premier League and the relatively close distance to Latvia had made the decision for him.

[20] Having lost a place in the squad of the national team, Gauračs made a decision to return to the Latvian Higher League, signing a contract with Spartaks Jūrmala at the end of February 2014.

[24] All in all, Gauračs scored 14 goals in 16 league matches, becoming the fourth top scorer of the championship, having played there for only half a season till July 2014.

[26] In only his second match for the club on 28 July 2014 against BSC Young Boys Gauračs suffered a cruciate ligament rupture and was ruled out of football for more than half a year.

[29][30] In October 2021, Gauračs was sanctioned with a ten year ban for match-fixing by UEFA’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body.

[33] Gauračs is famous for his unusual goal scored in the Moldovan National Division match against FC Olimpia on 7 November 2010, coming from the back of the goalkeeper and stealing the ball from the unlucky Serghei Paşcenco, while he was preparing to make a long distance kick after saving a penalty.