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{{short description|Latvian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Aleksejs Saveļjevs
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|1|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Riga]], Latvia
| image = Aleksejs Saveļjevs LVA.jpg
| height = 1.84 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[FK Auda|Auda]]
| clubnumber = 14
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2015
| youthclubs1 = [[Skonto FC|Skonto]]
| youthyears2 = 2016
| youthclubs2 = [[RTU FC|RTU]]
| youthyears3 = 2017–2018
| youthclubs3 = Švyturys Marijampolė
| youthyears4 = 2017–2018
| youthclubs4 = → [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Verona]] (loan)
| youthyears5 = 2018–2019
| youthclubs5 = [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Verona]]
| years1 = 2017
| clubs1 = [[SK Babīte|Babīte]]
| caps1 = 10
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2018–2020
| clubs2 = [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Verona]]
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2020
| clubs3 = → [[Rende Calcio 1968|Rende]] (loan)
| caps3 = 6
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2020–2021
| clubs4 = [[Mantova 1911 S.S.D.|Mantova]]
| caps4 = 16
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2021–2022
| clubs5 = [[Riga FC|Riga]]
| caps5 = 6
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2022
| clubs6 = → [[FK Auda|Auda]] (loan)
| caps6 = 28
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2023–
| clubs7 = [[FK Auda|Auda]]
| caps7 = 65
| goals7 = 7
| nationalyears1 = 2015
| nationalteam1 = [[Latvia national under-17 football team|Latvia U17]]
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2016–2018
| nationalteam2 = [[Latvia national under-19 football team|Latvia U19]]
| nationalcaps2 = 30
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| nationalyears3 = 2018–2020
| nationalteam3 = [[Latvia national under-21 football team|Latvia U21]]
| nationalcaps3 = 17
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2020–
| nationalteam4 = [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]
| nationalcaps4 = 25
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| pcupdate = 11 November 2024
|ntupdate       = 27 November 2024
}}
'''Aleksejs Saveljevs''' (born 30 January 1999) is a Latvian [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder]] for Latvian club [[FK Auda]].
==Club career==
He started his senior career in the [[Latvian Higher League]] with [[SK Babīte|Babīte]] in 2017. The club was excluded from the league for match fixing and he returned to junior football.
On 11 August 2017, he joined Italian club [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Verona]] on loan with an option to buy and was assigned to the club's under-19 squad.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=[[Hellas Verona F.C.|Verona]]|url=https://www.hellasverona.it/2017/08/11/ufficiale_aleksejs_saveljevs_e_gialloblu|title=UFFICIALE: ALEKSEJS SAVELJEVS È GIALLOBLÙ|date=11 August 2017|language=Italian}}</ref> On 30 May 2018, Verona exercised their option to purchased his rights, and he signed a 3-year contract with the club.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=[[Hellas Verona F.C.|Verona]]|url=https://www.hellasverona.it/2018/05/30/ufficiale_esercitato_il_diritto_di_riscatto_per_aleksejs_saveljevs|title=Ufficiale: esercitato il diritto di riscatto per Aleksejs Saveljevs|date=30 May 2018|language=Italian}}</ref> In the 2018–19 season, he continued to play for Verona's youth team. He received two call-ups to the senior squad (once in [[Serie B]] and once in [[Coppa Italia]]), but did not appear on the field.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[ESPN]]|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/lineups?gameId=524561|title=Lecce v Verona game report|date=26 February 2019}}</ref>
On 31 January 2020, he joined [[Serie C]] club [[Rende Calcio 1968|Rende]] on loan.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=[[Rende Calcio 1968|Rende]]|url=https://www.rendecalcio.it/prima-squadra/2020_01_31/i-centrocampisti-navas-e-saveljevs-nuovi-rinforzi-del-rende_7376|title=I centrocampisti Navas e Saveljevs nuovi rinforzi del Rende|date=31 January 2020|language=Italian}}</ref> He made his professional debut on 9 February 2020 in a game against [[Paganese Calcio 1926|Paganese]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2020/02/09/italy/serie-c1/rende/paganese-calcio-1926/3109380/|title=Rende v Paganese game report|date=9 February 2020}}</ref> On 16 February, he scored his first professional goal, an added-time equalizer in a 2–2 draw against [[Potenza Calcio|Potenza]]. On 26 February, he made his first start against [[Cavese 1919|Cavese]]. After two more games, the season was abandoned due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Italy]].
On 14 September, he signed with [[Serie C]] club [[Mantova 1911 S.S.D.|Mantova]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Mantova 1911 S.S.D.|Mantova]]|url=http://mantova1911.club/notizia.php?id=216|title=UFFICIALE: ALEKSEJS SAVELJEVS È UN NUOVO CENTROCAMPISTA BIANCOROSSO|date=14 September 2020|language=Italian}}</ref>
On 16 July 2021, he returned to Latvia and signed with [[Riga FC|Riga]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Riga FC|Riga]]|url=https://www.rigafc.lv/lv/post/277|title="RIGA" PARAKSTA LĪGUMUS AR PUSSARGIEM VAKULKO UN SAVEĻJEVU|date=16 July 2021|language=lv}}</ref>
On 9 March 2022, he was loaned to [[FK Auda]] for a season.
==International career==
He amassed 50 appearances for Latvia on different junior levels. In November 2018, he was called up for the first time to the senior [[Latvia national football team]] for the [[2018–19 UEFA Nations League]] games against Kazakhstan and Andorra, but remained on the bench on that occasion.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[ESPN]]|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/lineups?gameId=505477|title=Kazakhstan v Latvia game report|date=15 November 2018}}</ref><br />
Seveljevs made his first appearance for Latvia on 11 November 2020 in the Friendly match against [[San Marino national football team|San Marino]].
==Career statistics==
===International goals===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Aleksejs Saveljevs
|-
!scope=col|No.
!scope=col|Date
!scope=col|Venue
!scope=col|Opponent
!scope=col|Score
!scope=col|Result
!scope=col|Competition
|-
|align=center|1||7 June 2021||[[Merkur Spiel-Arena]], Düsseldorf, Germany||{{fb|GER}}||align=center|1–6||align=center|1–7||[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|}
==Honours==
; [[FK Auda]]
* [[Latvian Football Cup|Latvian Cup]]: [[2022 Latvian Football Cup|2022]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Soccerway|aleksejs-saveljevs/427632}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saveljevs, Aleksejs}}
[[Category:1999 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Riga]]
[[Category:Latvian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Latvia men's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Latvia men's under-21 international footballers]]
[[Category:Latvia men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Hellas Verona FC players]]
[[Category:Rende Calcio 1968 players]]
[[Category:Mantova 1911 players]]
[[Category:Riga FC players]]
[[Category:Latvian Higher League players]]
[[Category:Serie C players]]
[[Category:Latvian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy]]
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