Valērijs Šabala (born 12 October 1994) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a forward for II liga club Chojniczanka Chojnice.
At the time he was 15 years and 193 days old, which made him the youngest ever goalscorer in the history of Latvian championship and all the top tier European football leagues.
[3] His record was broken on 10 June 2014, when Skonto Riga midfielder Jānis Grīnbergs scored a penalty against Daugava Daugavpils being just 15 years and 102 days old.
[7] In January 2012 Šabala went on trial with the Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv alongside his international teammate Vitālijs Jagodinskis, but eventually returned to Skonto with only the latter one signing a contract.
[11] In November information appeared in the media that CSKA Moscow were ready to offer Skonto 3.5 million euros for the player, but eventually the move did not occur.
On 18 July Šabala helped Skonto beat the Czech club Slovan Liberec 2–1 at home in the UEFA Europa League 2nd round qualification match, scoring the first goal.
[18] After loan stints in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Latvia, on August 4, 2017, Šabala signed a two-year contract with I liga side Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.