Jānis Jansons
Jānis Jansons during the 2007/2008 Latvian Floorball League season
Personal information
Nationality Latvia
Born (1982-12-28) December 28, 1982
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight187 lb (85 kg)
Sport
SportFloorball
PositionCentre
ShootsRight
LeagueSSL
TeamPixbo Wallenstam IBK
Turned pro1999

Jānis Jansons (born 28 December 1982, in Talsi)[1] is a Latvian floorball player who is currently playing for Pixbo Wallenstam IBK in the SSL.

National team

Jansons has played 21 games for the Latvian national team and collected 17 points. He has participated in six world floorball championships; 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010.

"Reactive Jānis Jansons' - Jānis Jansons is the only Latvian player who played floorball in Mecca - Swedish super league. One of the most prominent Latvian national team player.

The first offer to play the Swedish elite league Jansons received in 2004. "Then we went to the Champions Cup tournament with Rubene team which was reinforced with another club's best player, and played with Pixbo 6:7! Pixbo head coach Jan Inge Forsberg came to me and offered to play with them. "Then Jansons was only 22 years old, and he decided to pursue studies. Followed by an offer from another Swedish giant - AIC, but the last moment all dispersed."

Now Jānis Jansons is back after 2 seasons in Latvian Lielvārde floorball club and now he is a playing coach, but the situation for a player playing in Sweden he explains as follows:

"When I returned to play in Latvia, I was upset that I am not as good as I thought at the beginning. However, looking at how Sweden fared Zhelezniye Czech superstar, the world's best goalkeeper Toivoniemi bags, and other samplings leaders who are unable to settle in this league, you realize that it's not that simple", a Swedish professional visitors nationalism is difficult to live with.[2]

Jānis Jansons became the 2011/2012 season Latvia champion, with floorball club Lielvārde.

Career statistics

Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM
1999–2000RojaME—————
2000–2001RojaME—191433—
2001–2002SK Latvijas AvīzeME1923204320
2002–2003SK Latvijas AvīzeME2443266916
2003–2004ĶekavaME17125176
2004–2005ĶekavaME3043357824
2005–2006ĶekavaME2843277026
2006–2007ĶekavaME2437326916
2007–2008TalsiME28555310822
2008–2009TalsiME3550429235
2009–2010Pixbo Wallenstam IBKSSL233254
       Career Totals 170213198411130
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes
Note: Full statistics are unavailable

References

  1. ↑ Edgars Ikstens (7 November 2010). ""Talsi/Triobet" spēlētājs iekļauts Latvijas florbola izlases sastāvā" (in Latvian). talsi24.lv. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.sporto.lv/raksts/reaktivais-janis-jansons%5B%5D (in Latvian), retrieved 2012-05-31


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