[1] Despite the limited playing time, Ignatāns helped FK Ventspils become the champions of Latvia in 2007 and 2008, as well as win the 2007 Latvian Cup.
Following his first call-up to the national team for the 2014 Baltic Cup matches, Ignatāns and a few other players were blamed for attitude issues by FK Ventspils manager Jurģis Pučinskis.
Following a minor conflict between the involved parties in July 2014, Ignatāns was loaned to Daugava Daugavpils alongside his teammates Oļegs Žatkins and Edgars Vērdiņš.
[5] During the loan spell he scored 5 goals in 11 league matches for Daugava, being widely praised for his overall performance and long distance shots.
Following the promising performance at the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014, he was firstly called-up to Latvia national football team by the manager Marians Pahars for the 2014 Baltic Cup matches.