Dmitrijs Zelenkovs

Dmitrijs Zelenkovs
Personal information
Full name Dmitrijs Zelenkovs
Date of birth (2000-05-15) 15 May 2000 (age 26)
Place of birth Rēzekne, Latvia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 FK RFS
Number 18
Youth career
2005-2012 SK Blāzma
2013-2014 FK Liepājas Metalurgs
2014-2016 FK Metta
2016-2019 Empoli FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019-2020 Empoli FC 0 (0)
2021-2022 FK Metta 11 (0)
2022 Montespaccato Calcio 6 (0)
2022- FK RFS 102 (9)
International career‡
2016-2017 Latvia U17 3
2018-2019 Latvia U19 3 (1)
2019-2023 Latvia U21 13 (0)
2023- Latvia 29 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 October 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2025

Dmitrijs Zelenkovs (born 15 May 2000) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Latvian Higher League club FK RFS and the Latvia national football team.

Club career

He was a youth player of Liepāja Metalurga and FK Metta, before moving to the Empoli Youth Academy in 2016. Zelenkovs played a total of 90 games for Youth Empoli FC, had seven goals and six assists. But he did not manage to make a professional appearance in Serie B and Serie A.

In 2021, Zelenkov returned to FK Metta and made his debut in the Latvian First League, played 11 games.

In 2022, he joined Serie D club Montespaccato Calcio. In the same year, Zelenkov returned to Latvia, he trained with FK RFS for one month before joining the club. In 2023, he became a champion with RFS in the 2023 Latvian Higher League season. The club was then extended his contract to 2027.

International career

Zelenkov has been called up for several Latvian national youth levels such as U16, U17, U19, U21. In June 2023, he was called up to the Latvian national football team for the Euro 2024. On 18 November 2023, he made his debut for the Latvian national team, in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Croatia.

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 October 2025Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia Andorra1–12–22026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Achievements

RFS

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Dmitrijs Zelenkovs". FK RFS official website. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  2. ↑ "Zelenkovs par jauno pozīciju izlasē, aģentu Itālijā un "Galatasaray"". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2024-09-23. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  3. 1 2 Stampa, Ufficio (2022-01-28). "Il Montespaccato bissa: dopo Cellamare arriva il lettone ex Empoli Zelenkovs". www.gazzettaregionale.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  4. 1 2 3 LETA (2021-03-11). "Futbolists Zelenkovs atgriežas "Metta" komandā". Sportazinas.com. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  5. ↑ "Dmitrijs Zelenkovs un Kristofers Rēķis par debiju Virslīgā". FS Metta. 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  6. ↑ "Zelenkovs atgriežas Latvijā un pievienojas čempionei RFS". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  7. ↑ Jakelis, Paulius (2022-07-22). "RFS pievienojas D.Zelenkovs". FC RFS (in Latvian). Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  8. ↑ LETA (2022-07-22). "RFS sastāvu papildina ar pussargu Zelenkovu". Sportazinas.com. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  9. ↑ "RFS pagarina līgumu ar talantīgo latviešu pussargu Dmitriju Zelenkovu". jauns.lv (in Latvian). 2024-12-19. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  10. ↑ LETA (2024-12-19). "RFS pagarina līgumu ar Latvijas izlases pussargu". Sportazinas.com. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  11. ↑ "Latvijas U-16 izlasei pret Lietuvu neizšķirts un zaudējums". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  12. ↑ "Latvijas U-17 izlase apspēlē Moldovu un iegūst trešo vietu grupā". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  13. ↑ "Latvijas U19 izlase, gatavojoties Eiropas kvalifikācijai, uzvar Grieķiju". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  14. ↑ "U21 izlases kandidātos četri leģionāri, visplašāk pārstāvēta "Valmiera"". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  15. ↑ "Latvijas izlasē četri jaunpienācēji". LFF.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  16. ↑ "Pirmo reizi uz Latvijas izlasi izsaukti Vapne un Orols, atgriežas Ķigurs". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  17. ↑ "Дмитрий Зеленков - воспитанник резекненского футбола среди лучших! - НОВОСТИ РЕЗЕКНЕ - www.46.lv". www.46.lv. Retrieved 2025-04-12.