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With the club winning the 2008 Latvian First League and being promoted to the Latvian Higher League for the 2009 season, \u0160abala was one of the youngsters to be included in the first team squad by the manager Vladimirs Be\u013cajevs.[1] \u0160abala made his debut on 15 October 2009, having just turned 15, when he came on as a substitute in the 46th minute in an 8\u20130 loss against the defending champions FK Ventspils.[2] Three days later he appeared in the match against FC Tranzit, coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute. Daugava R\u012bga were relegated to the Latvian First League and \u0160abala joined the Latvian Higher League newcomers JFK Olimps in January 2010. \u0160abala scored his first Latvian Higher League goal on 23 April 2010 in a match against Skonto Riga. At the time he was 15 years and 193 days old, which made him the youngest ever goalscorer in the history of Latvian championship and all the top tier European football leagues.[3] His record was broken on 10 June 2014, when Skonto Riga midfielder J\u0101nis Gr\u012bnbergs scored a penalty against Daugava Daugavpils being just 15 years and 102 days old.[4] All in all that season \u0160abala played 21 league matches and scored 6 goals.Skonto Riga[edit]In February 2011 \u0160abala joined that time Latvian Higher League champions Skonto Riga.[5] In his debut season with the club he was rarely used in the first eleven and often came on as a substitute, scoring 2 goals in 22 matches. \u0160abala scored his first league goal for Skonto on 25 September 2011 against his former club JFK Olimps. Despite the limited playing time, he was named Young player of the year and received the Ilm\u0101rs Liepi\u0146\u0161 prize.[6] Throughout the season \u0160abala went on short term trials with Arsenal, Watford and Udinese Calcio.[7]In January 2012 \u0160abala went on trial with the Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv alongside his international teammate Vit\u0101lijs Jagodinskis, but eventually returned to Skonto with only the latter one signing a contract.[8] On 30 June 2012 \u0160abala scored his first hat-trick in a league match against FS Metta\/LU being just 17 years 8 months and 18 days old.[9] On 10 July he was named the best Latvian Higher League player in June.[10] In September \u0160abala went on trial with the Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow and played in their friendly match against Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.[11] In November information appeared in the media that CSKA Moscow were ready to offer Skonto 3.5 million euros for the player, but eventually the move did not occur.[12] \u0160abala finished the 2012 season as the 5th top scorer of the league with 11 goals. In December he received the Ilm\u0101rs Liepi\u0146\u0161 prize as the Young player of the year for the second season in a row.[13]In the 2013 season \u0160abala scored 15 league goals, coming one goal short to his teammate Art\u016brs Kara\u0161ausks and Daugava Daugavpils player Andrejs Kova\u013covs, who both became the top scorers of the league with 16 goals each. On 18 July \u0160abala helped Skonto beat the Czech club Slovan Liberec 2\u20131 at home in the UEFA Europa League 2nd round qualification match, scoring the first goal.[14] He was included in the LFF and sportacentrs.com Latvian Higher League Team of the Tournament and named the best forward of the season.[15] Skonto confirmed having received concrete offers for the player from the Turkish S\u00fcper Lig club Trabzonspor, Italian Serie A club Hellas Verona and Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge.[16]Club Brugge[edit]On 29 January 2014 \u0160abala joined the Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge, signing a contract till 30 June 2018. In order to get immediate playing time he was loaned back to Skonto till 1 July 2014.[17] During the loan spell \u0160abala appeared in 9 league matches and scored 5 goals. Having spent the pre-season preparation period with Club Brugge, \u0160abala was given out on another loan to the Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta on 22 August 2014.[18]Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Bia\u0142a[edit]After loan stints in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Latvia, on August 4, 2017 \u0160abala signed a two-year contract with I liga side Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Bia\u0142a.[19] He became the top scorer of the 2018\u201319 I liga season, scoring 12 goals.International career[edit]\u0160abala was a member of all international youth teams and made his debut for the Latvia national football team on 24 May 2013 in a friendly match against Qatar.[20] In the next match he scored his first goals for the national team, scoring twice in a friendly against Turkey,[21] becoming the youngest ever international goal scorer for Latvia. His first official qualifier match was the 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[22]International goals[edit]Scores and results list Latvia’s goal tally first.[23]#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1.28 May 2013Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg, Germany\u00a0Turkey2\u201333\u20133Friendly2.3\u201333.15 October 2013Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia\u00a0Slovakia1\u201322\u201322014 FIFA World Cup qualification4.3 September 2014Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia\u00a0Armenia1\u201302\u20130Friendly5.2\u201306.13 October 2014Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia\u00a0Turkey1\u201311\u20131UEFA Euro 2016 qualification7.3 September 2015Torku Arena, Konya, Turkey\u00a0Turkey1\u201311\u20131UEFA Euro 2016 qualification8.10 October 2015Laugardalsv\u00f6llur, Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland\u00a0Iceland2\u201322\u20132UEFA Euro 2016 qualification9.29 March 2016Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar\u00a0Gibraltar3\u201305\u20130Friendly10.6 September 2016Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra\u00a0Andorra1\u201301\u201302018 FIFA World Cup qualification11.10 October 2017Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia\u00a0Andorra2\u201304\u201302018 FIFA World Cup qualification12.3\u2013013.13 November 2017Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica, Kosovo\u00a0Kosovo2\u201313\u20134FriendlyCareer statistics[edit]Club[edit]As of 16 July 2014[24]Honours[edit]Club[edit]Skonto FCInternational[edit]Individual[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/valerijs-sabala-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Val\u0113rijs \u0160abala – Wikipedia"}}]}]