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Deniss Rakels

Deniss Rakels

Midfield - Attacking Midfield  at Zaglebie Sosnowiec
Age33
CitizenshipLatvia
Height1.79 m
Foot
BornAugust 20, 1992
at Zaglebie Sosnowiec 496 days · joined 2025-01-13
👕200+ Apps 100+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists 🏴50+ Caps
Market value
Attacking Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

15
clubs played for
09/10
debut season
0.28
goals / match
Cracovia
top club · 80 apps

Position rank · 25/26

#124
goals rank
#221
assists rank
120
season goals
59
season assists

Among 335 Midfield - Attacking Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€1.00m
peak value · 2016
€500k
top transfer fee · 15/16
21
best season · 2010
57 / 12
int'l caps / goals
432Appearances
120Goals
59Assists
23Yellow cards
0Red cards
92Full matches (90′)
Full nameDeniss Rakels
Name in home countryDeniss Rakeļs
Date of birth1992-08-20 (33 yrs)
Place of birthJēkabpils, Latvia
CitizenshipLatvia
PositionMidfield - Attacking Midfield (main: Midfield)
Foot
Height179.00 m
Current clubZaglebie Sosnowiec
Joined2025-01-13
Contract expires2026-06-30
AgentMatchday Football ...
Jul 2025
25/26 — Zaglebie Sosnowiec
6 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2025
Transfer: Hutnik Krakow → Z. Sosnowiec
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
24/25 — Zaglebie Sosnowiec, Hutnik Krakow
27 matches · 3 G · 5 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2023
2023 — SK Super Nova
15 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2023
23/24 — Hutnik Krakow
34 matches · 11 G · 7 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2023
Transfer: Super Nova → Hutnik Krakow
23/24 · Transfer
Jan 2023
Transfer: RFS → Super Nova
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2022
2022 — FC RFS, FC RFS II
25 matches · 13 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2022
22/23 — FC RFS
8 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2021
Transfer: Pafos FC → RFS
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
2021 — FC RFS
11 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2021
21/22 — FC RFS
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2020
20/21 — Pafos FC
24 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Dec 2019
Transfer: Riga → Pafos FC
19/20 · Return from loan
Jul 2019
19/20 — Riga FC, Pafos FC
16 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2019
2019 — Riga FC
14 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2019
Transfer: Pafos FC → Riga
19/20 · Loan
Dec 2018
Transfer: Riga → Pafos FC
18/19 · Return from loan
Jul 2018
Transfer: Pafos FC → Riga
18/19 · Loan
Jul 2018
Transfer: Reading → Pafos FC
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2018
18/19 — Pafos FC
17 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2018
2018 — Riga FC
15 matches · 3 G · 7 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2018
Transfer: Cracovia → Reading
17/18 · Return from loan
Jan 2018
Transfer: Reading → Cracovia
17/18 · Loan
Jan 2018
Transfer: Lech Poznan → Reading
17/18 · Return from loan
Jul 2017
17/18 — Cracovia, Lech Poznan
26 matches · 1 G · 5 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: Reading → Lech Poznan
17/18 · Loan
Jul 2016
16/17 — Reading FC, FC Reading U23
8 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2016
Transfer: Cracovia → Reading
15/16 · Transfer · €500k
Jul 2015
15/16 — Reading FC, Cracovia, FC Reading U21
39 matches · 19 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Cracovia
36 matches · 12 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2014
Transfer: Zaglebie Lubin → Cracovia
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — Cracovia, Zaglebie Lubin
13 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2013
Transfer: GKS Katowice → Zaglebie Lubin
12/13 · Return from loan
Jul 2012
12/13 — GKS Katowice
27 matches · 11 G · 7 A · across 1 competition
Aug 2011
Transfer: Zaglebie Lubin → GKS Katowice
11/12 · Loan
Jul 2011
11/12 — GKS Katowice
20 matches · 5 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2011
2011 — Liepajas Metalurgs
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2011
Transfer: Metalurgs → Zaglebie Lubin
10/11 · Transfer · €400k
Jul 2010
10/11 — Liepajas Metalurgs, Zaglebie Lubin
6 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2010
2010 — Liepajas Metalurgs
28 matches · 21 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — Liepajas Metalurgs
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2009
2009 — Liepajas Metalurgs
14 matches · 9 G · 6 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2009
Transfer: Metalurgs II → Metalurgs
09/10 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €1.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 44 other Midfield - Attacking Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 25/26. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.24/90
80
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A1 total · 0.24/90
30
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
64
8,302 min
Minutes played by club
Zaglebie Sosnowiec 11.0%
Hutnik Krakow 18.6%
FC RFS 1.9%
SK Super Nova 4.1%
FC RFS II 0.0%
Riga FC 12.4%
Liepajas Metalurgs 3.6%
Pafos FC 19.7%
Lech Poznan 0.0%
Cracovia 17.6%
Reading FC 2.2%
FC Reading U23 3.5%
FC Reading U21 0.0%
Zaglebie Lubin 0.0%
GKS Katowice 5.5%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Zaglebie Sosnowiec 2 24/25 25/26 17 2 3 914
Hutnik Krakow 2 23/24 24/25 50 13 9 1,545
FC RFS 4 2021 22/23 43 13 4 155
SK Super Nova 1 2023 2023 15 4 0 338
FC RFS II 1 2022 2022 2 0 0 0
Riga FC 3 19/20 2019 36 6 11 1,028
Liepajas Metalurgs 5 09/10 2011 46 30 10 302
Pafos FC 3 18/19 20/21 50 3 2 1,632
Lech Poznan 1 17/18 17/18 14 0 2 0
Cracovia 4 13/14 17/18 80 29 10 1,465
Reading FC 2 15/16 16/17 17 3 0 179
FC Reading U23 1 16/17 16/17 5 1 0 290
FC Reading U21 1 15/16 15/16 1 0 0 0
Zaglebie Lubin 2 10/11 13/14 9 0 0 0
GKS Katowice 2 11/12 12/13 47 16 8 454

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

6€250K13€500K19€750K25€1M10/1111/12 — 5 goals (GKS Katowice)11/12 — 1 assists611/1212/13 — 11 goals (GKS Katowice)12/13 — 7 assists1812/1313/1414/15 — 12 goals (Cracovia)14/15 — 4 assists1614/1515/16 — 19 goals (Cracovia)15/16 — 3 assists2215/1616/17 — 1 goals (FC Reading U23)116/1717/18 — 1 goals (Cracovia)17/18 — 5 assists617/1818/19 — 1 goals (Pafos FC)18/19 — 1 assists218/1919/20 — 1 goals (Pafos FC)19/20 — 2 assists319/2020/21 — 1 goals (Pafos FC)120/212009 — 9 goals (Liepajas Metalurgs)2009 — 6 assists1520092010 — 21 goals (Liepajas Metalurgs)2010 — 4 assists2520102018 — 3 goals (Riga FC)2018 — 7 assists1020182019 — 3 goals (Riga FC)2019 — 3 assists620192021 — 1 assists120212022 — 13 goals (FC RFS)2022 — 3 assists1620222023 — 4 goals (SK Super Nova)4202321/2222/2323/24 — 11 goals (Hutnik Krakow)23/24 — 7 assists1823/2424/25 — 3 goals (Hutnik Krakow)24/25 — 5 assists824/2525/26 — 1 goals (Zaglebie Sosnowiec)125/2610/11 — €475K12/13 — €250K13/14 — €300K14/15 — €250K15/16 — €450K16/17 — €1M17/18 — €500K18/19 — €300K19/20 — €300K20/21 — €250K21/22 — €250K22/23 — €200K23/24 — €150KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

09/10: 0009/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 5511/1212/13: 111112/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 121214/1515/16: 191915/1616/17: 1116/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 1120/212009: 9920092010: 212120102011: 0020112018: 3320182019: 3320192021: 0020212022: 131320222023: 44202321/22: 0021/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 111123/2424/25: 3324/2525/26: 1125/26

Assists by season

09/10: 0009/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 1111/1212/13: 7712/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 4414/1515/16: 3315/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 5517/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 0020/212009: 6620092010: 4420102011: 0020112018: 7720182019: 3320192021: 1120212022: 3320222023: 00202321/22: 0021/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 7723/2424/25: 5524/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Betclic 2 Liga Zaglebie Sosnowiec 5 1 0 0 0 377
25/26 STS Polish Cup Zaglebie Sosnowiec 1 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Betclic 2 Liga Zaglebie Sosnowiec 11 1 3 1 0 537
24/25 Betclic 2 Liga Hutnik Krakow 15 1 2 1 0 1,231
24/25 Puchar Polski Hutnik Krakow 1 1 0 0 0 54
23/24 2 Liga Hutnik Krakow 33 11 7 3 0 260
23/24 Puchar Polski Hutnik Krakow 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Conference L. FC RFS 5 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 UECL Quali FC RFS 3 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 UECL Quali FC RFS 1 0 0 0 0 0
2023 Virsliga SK Super Nova 15 4 0 1 0 338
2022 Latvian Cup FC RFS 3 3 0 0 0 69
2022 Nakotnes Liga FC RFS II 2 0 0 0 0 0
2022 Virsliga FC RFS 20 10 3 0 0 86
2021 Latvian Cup FC RFS 4 0 0 0 0 0
2021 Virsliga FC RFS 7 0 1 0 0 0
2019 Latvian Cup Riga FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
2019 Virsliga Riga FC 12 3 3 1 0 251
2018 Latvian Cup Riga FC 3 1 2 0 0 259
2018 Virsliga Riga FC 12 2 5 1 0 518
2011 Latvian Cup Liepajas Metalurgs 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 Latvian Cup Liepajas Metalurgs 2 3 1 0 0 70
2010 Virsliga Liepajas Metalurgs 26 18 3 2 0 114
2009 Virsliga Liepajas Metalurgs 14 9 6 0 0 118
20/21 Kypello Kyprou Pafos FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Protathlima Cyta Pafos FC 18 1 0 0 0 589
20/21 Relegation Round Pafos FC 5 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Champions League Qu. Riga FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Europa League Qualifying Riga FC 5 0 1 0 0 0
19/20 Kypello Kyprou Pafos FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Protathlima Cyta Pafos FC 7 1 1 1 0 379
19/20 Relegation Round Pafos FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Protathlima Cyta Pafos FC 8 0 1 1 0 0
18/19 Relegation Round Pafos FC 9 1 0 0 0 664
17/18 Ekstraklasa Cracovia 12 1 3 0 0 719
17/18 Ekstraklasa Lech Poznan 11 0 1 2 0 0
17/18 Europa League Qualifying Lech Poznan 3 0 1 0 0 0
16/17 Championship Reading FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 EFL Cup Reading FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Premier League 2 FC Reading U23 5 1 0 0 0 290
15/16 Championship Reading FC 12 3 0 0 0 179
15/16 Ekstraklasa Cracovia 20 15 3 0 0 111
15/16 FA Cup Reading FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Puchar Polski Cracovia 4 1 0 0 0 273
15/16 U21 PL FC Reading U21 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Ekstraklasa Cracovia 33 11 4 3 0 240
14/15 Puchar Polski Cracovia 3 1 0 0 0 122
13/14 Ekstraklasa Cracovia 8 0 0 2 0 0
13/14 Ekstraklasa Zaglebie Lubin 5 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Puchar Polski Zaglebie Lubin 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 1 Liga GKS Katowice 27 11 7 2 0 181
11/12 1 Liga GKS Katowice 20 5 1 2 0 273
10/11 Champions League Qu. Liepajas Metalurgs 2 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Ekstraklasa Zaglebie Lubin 4 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Europa League Qualifying Liepajas Metalurgs 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
09/10 2009-07-01 Metalurgs II Metalurgs Transfer 0
10/11 2011-01-24 Metalurgs Zaglebie Lubin Transfer 475000 €400k
11/12 2011-08-17 Zaglebie Lubin GKS Katowice Loan 475000
12/13 2013-06-30 GKS Katowice Zaglebie Lubin Return from loan 250000
13/14 2014-01-15 Zaglebie Lubin Cracovia Transfer 300000
15/16 2016-01-28 Cracovia Reading Transfer 1000000 €500k
17/18 2017-07-01 Reading Lech Poznan Loan 500000
17/18 2018-01-14 Lech Poznan Reading Return from loan 400000
17/18 2018-01-15 Reading Cracovia Loan 400000
17/18 2018-06-30 Cracovia Reading Return from loan 300000
18/19 2018-07-16 Reading Pafos FC Transfer 250000
18/19 2018-07-17 Pafos FC Riga Loan 250000
18/19 2018-12-31 Riga Pafos FC Return from loan 250000
19/20 2019-07-01 Pafos FC Riga Loan 300000
19/20 2019-12-31 Riga Pafos FC Return from loan 300000
21/22 2021-07-02 Pafos FC RFS Transfer 250000
22/23 2023-01-01 RFS Super Nova Transfer 200000
23/24 2023-07-01 Super Nova Hutnik Krakow Transfer 150000
24/25 2025-01-13 Hutnik Krakow Z. Sosnowiec Transfer 0

No recorded injuries.

Current
Peak€1.00m
Low
Δ since start−€400k
€250k€500k€750k€1.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €850k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €475k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #28832 #10 4 2 former national player
Team #28426 #10 8 3 former national player
Team #24961 #10 13 6 former national player
Team #3555 #15 32 1 former national player

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
2010 Virsliga Liepajas Metalurgs 18 26
15/16 Ekstraklasa Cracovia 15 20
14/15 Ekstraklasa Cracovia 11 33

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
23/24 2 Liga Hutnik Krakow 7 33
12/13 1 Liga GKS Katowice 7 27
2009 Virsliga Liepajas Metalurgs 6 14

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
19/20 2019-12-31 Riga Pafos FC Return from loan €300k
19/20 2019-07-01 Pafos FC Riga Loan €300k
18/19 2018-12-31 Riga Pafos FC Return from loan €250k
18/19 2018-07-17 Pafos FC Riga Loan €250k
17/18 2018-06-30 Cracovia Reading Return from loan €300k
17/18 2018-01-15 Reading Cracovia Loan €400k
17/18 2018-01-14 Lech Poznan Reading Return from loan €400k
17/18 2017-07-01 Reading Lech Poznan Loan €500k
12/13 2013-06-30 GKS Katowice Zaglebie Lubin Return from loan €250k
11/12 2011-08-17 Zaglebie Lubin GKS Katowice Loan €475k

Teams faced most often by Deniss Rakels's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Birmingham City 17 5 4 8 15 22 -7 29%
Barnsley FC 16 5 7 4 28 22 +6 31%
Derby County 16 5 4 7 25 24 +1 31%
Wigan Athletic 15 7 2 6 20 19 +1 47%
Nottingham Forest 14 5 3 6 16 20 -4 36%
Brentford FC 14 3 2 9 16 29 -13 21%
Middlesbrough FC 14 3 3 8 9 14 -5 21%
Leeds United 14 4 3 7 9 15 -6 29%
Millwall FC 13 5 3 5 19 17 +2 38%
Ipswich Town 13 7 2 4 21 20 +1 54%
Bolton Wanderers 13 4 6 3 16 19 -3 31%
Cardiff City 13 3 5 5 15 17 -2 23%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
09/10 Senior debut season
11/12 First senior goal
18/19 Goal #50 (career)
2022 Goal #100 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 27 1,822 2 0 0 0.1
23/24 34 260 3 0 0 1.04
2023 15 338 1 0 0 0.27
2019 14 251 1 0 0 0.36
2018 15 777 1 0 0 0.12
2010 28 184 2 0 0 0.98
19/20 16 379 1 0 0 0.24
18/19 17 664 1 0 0 0.14
17/18 26 719 2 0 0 0.25
14/15 36 362 3 0 0 0.75
13/14 13 0 2 0 0 0
12/13 27 181 2 0 0 0.99
11/12 20 273 2 0 0 0.66

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Virsliga
106 apps
46 G
21 A
Ekstraklasa
93 apps
27 G
11 A
1 Liga
47 apps
16 G
8 A
Betclic 2 Liga
64 apps
14 G
12 A
Latvian Cup
15 apps
7 G
3 A
STS Polish Cup
10 apps
3 G
0 A
Championship
14 apps
3 G
0 A
Protathlima Cyta
33 apps
2 G
2 A
Relegation Round
15 apps
1 G
0 A
U21 PL
6 apps
1 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Deniss Rakels

Who is Deniss Rakels?

Deniss Rakels is a Latvia professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfield for Zaglebie Sosnowiec.

How old is Deniss Rakels?

Deniss Rakels is 33 years old. He was born on August 20, 1992 in Jēkabpils.

What position does Deniss Rakels play?

Deniss Rakels plays as a attacking midfield (Midfield - Attacking Midfield).

What club does Deniss Rakels play for?

Deniss Rakels currently plays for Zaglebie Sosnowiec.

How many career goals has Deniss Rakels scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Deniss Rakels has scored 120 goals in 432 appearances.