Jānis Intenbergs is a Latvian football

Football (soccer)

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 manager and a former football forward who played for the top Latvian clubs in 1980s.

Playing career

Intenbergs is considered one the all time greatest footballers from Liepāja

Liepaja

Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...

. A goal-eager striker, for the most part of his career as a player he played in his hometown of Liepāja and at this time he was the most popular player on the Zvejnieks Liepāja team. In his most successful season for Zvejnieks in 1984 Intenbergs scored 28 goals in 35 games (second result in the league, more than half of the teams goals). In seven seasons he was the best goalscorer for Zvejnieks, he also played two seasons for FK Daugava Rīga

FK Daugava Riga

Previously FK Daugava 90 is a Latvian football club located in Riga and currently playing in Latvian First League. Formerly under the name Daugava the team was the headliner of Latvian football where played most of the countries top players but with the collapse of the Soviet Union the team ceased...

 winning the first Soviet league and participating in playoffs for a place in the top division of Soviet football. In Daugava Intenbergs wasn't the main offensive force as it already had two very good forwards in Aleksandrs Starkovs

Aleksandrs Starkovs

Aleksandrs Starkovs is a Latvian football coach and a former footballer. Starkovs is currently in his second spell as manager of the Latvian national team and is also the manager of FK Baku, having previously managed clubs such as Spartak Moscow in Russia and Skonto FC in Latvia.-Playing...

 and Jevgeņijs Miļevskis

Jevgenijs Milevskis

Jevgeņijs Miļevskis is a former Latvia football striker of Jewish origin, together with Aleksandrs Starkovs he was the main goal scoring force of FK Daugava Rīga....

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In 1987 Intenbergs was back in Liepāja. Intenbergs became the first footballer from Liepāja to play abroad - in 1990-1991 played in Olsztyn

Olsztyn

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 and Olimpia Elbląg

Olimpia Elblag

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. After his return to Latvia he once again played in Liepāja (the team underwent several name changes in that period), he finished his career in 1996 and went on to coaching FHK Liepājas Metalurgs

FHK Liepajas Metalurgs

FK Liepājas Metalurgs is a Latvian football club, based in the city of Liepāja and playing in the Virslīga. They play at the Daugava Stadium...

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