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{{Infobox football biography
| image = 
| name = Dzintars Sproģis
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|05|31|df=yes}}
| height = {{height|m=1.90}}
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = RFSh Riga
| years1  = 1988      | clubs1  = [[Zvejnieks Liepāja]]                  | caps1  =  1 | goals1  = 0
| years2  = 1988      | clubs2  = FC Latviya-Molodyozhnaya Riga          | caps2  =    | goals2  = 
| years3  = 1989      | clubs3  = [[FC Daugava Riga]]                    | caps3  =  3 | goals3  = 0
| years4  = 1989–1991 | clubs4  = [[RAF Jelgava]]                        | caps4  = 84 | goals4  = 1
| years5  = 1992      | clubs5  = [[FC Kompar-Daugava Rīga]]             | caps5  = 14 | goals5  = 3
| years6  = 1992–1993 | clubs6  = [[K. Tesamen Hogerop Diest]]           | caps6  =    | goals6  = 
| years7  = 1994      | clubs7  = [[FK DAG]]                             | caps7  = 21 | goals7  = 3
| years8  = 1995      | clubs8  = [[FC Kolos Krasnodar]]                 | caps8  = 19 | goals8  = 0
| years9  = 1995      | clubs9  = [[RAF Jelgava]]                        | caps9  = 10 | goals9  = 0
| years10 = 1996      | clubs10 = [[FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin]] | caps10 =  7 | goals10 = 0
| years11 = 1997      | clubs11 = [[FK Liepājas Metalurgs]]              | caps11 = 21 | goals11 = 1
| years12 = 1998      | clubs12 = [[LU/Daugava Rīga]]                    | caps12 = 22 | goals12 = 2
| years13 = 1999      | clubs13 = [[FC Universitāte Rīga]]               | caps13 = 24 | goals13 = 0
| years14 = 1999–2000 | clubs14 = [[FK Rīga]]                            | caps14 = 47 | goals14 = 3
| years15 = 2002      | clubs15 = [[FC Kaisar]]                          | caps15 =  7 | goals15 = 0
| years16 = 2002      | clubs16 = [[FK Rīga]]                            | caps16 =  9 | goals16 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1992–1998 | nationalteam1 = [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]] | nationalcaps1 = 20 | nationalgoals1 = 3
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'''Dzintars Sproģis''' (born 13 May 1971) is a former [[Latvia]]n [[Football (soccer)|football]] defender. Sproģis was recognized as the best defender in the first season of [[Virslīga]].

==Playing biography==

Dzintars Sproģis came from a sporting family - his father Aivars played for [[Darba rezerves]] and Dzintars' older brother [[Haralds Sproģis]] was also a footballer with whom Dzintars played together in several clubs.

The first club that Dzintars played with was [[Zvejnieks Liepāja]] in 1988 (at the age of just 17) from which he moved to [[RAF Jelgava]] in 1989. In 1989, he also made a debut with [[Daugava Rīga]]. With RAF he played in lower Soviet leagues. In the first [[Virslīga]] season Dzintars joined former Daugava head coach [[Jānis Skredelis]] with [[Kompar-Daugava]] but in 1993 he went to play abroad - with [[KFC Diest|KTH Diest]] in [[Belgium]]. In 1994 Sproģis returned to Latvia where with [[FC DAG Rīga]] he won the bronze medals of Virslīga and reached the [[Latvian Cup]] final.

In 1995 and 1996 Sproģis played in [[Russia]] - first with [[Kolos Krasnodar]], then with [[Tekstilshchik Kamyshin]]. When Tekstilshchik was relegated from the top division Sproģis returned to [[Liepāja]] where his career had started and joined [[Baltika Liepāja]]. In 1998 Sproģis was already in another club - he had joined [[Torpedo Rīga|Daugava/LU]] which performed rather poorly and in 1999 Sproģis changed the club again - he joined the newly formed [[FK Rīga]] (which was formed on the basis of Daugava/LU) with which he won the [[Latvian Cup]] in 1999. His last club was [[FC Kaisar]] in [[Kazakhstan]]. In 2002 Dzintars Sproģis finished his playing career.

Sproģis also played 23 international matches for [[Latvia national football team]] from 1992 to 1998.<ref>{{NFT player|pid=15869}}</ref> His international debut came in Latvia's first match after it regained independence - a loss of 0:2 against [[Romania national football team|Romania]] in a friendly match.<ref>[http://www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/vesture/1992/ Latvia international match protocols from 1992]</ref> His last match for Latvia was also a friendly game 2:0 win against [[Andorra national football team|Andorra]] in [[Pärnu]], [[Estonia]].<ref>[http://www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/vesture/1998/ Latvia international match protocols from 1998]</ref>

==Honours==
* '''Best Defender in the [[Latvian Higher League|Latvian League]] (1):'''
**[[Latvian_Higher_League_1992#Awards|1992]]

==References==
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[[Category:1971 births]]
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[[Category:Association football defenders]]
[[Category:Soviet footballers]]
[[Category:FK Liepājas Metalurgs players]]
[[Category:Daugava Rīga players]]
[[Category:FK Jelgava players]]
[[Category:Latvian footballers]]
[[Category:Latvia international footballers]]
[[Category:Latvian expatriate footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Belgium]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Russia]]
[[Category:FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin players]]
[[Category:Russian Premier League players]]
[[Category:FC Kaisar players]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:FK Rīga players]]