Deniss

Rakels

AM Zagłębie Sosnowiec #92

Attacking Midfield – Forward

Deniss Rakels

Zagłębie Sosnowiec II Liga

Date of birth / Age: 20 Aug 1992 (34)
Citizenship: Latvia
Foot: Right
Height / Weight: 1.79 m / 75 kg
Main position: Attacking Midfield
Contract until: 2026

Key numbers

vs all forwards in Virsliga 2023 · 73 players in the comparison

Goals0.25 /90P51
Expected goals (xG)0.28 /90P58
Expected assists (xA)0.08 /90P60
Touches in box2.59 /90P26

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Season 2025/26

AppsAppearances: 13
StartsStarting eleven: 6
GoalsGoals: 1
AssistsAssists: –
YellowYellow cards: 0
2nd yellowSecond yellows: –
RedRed cards: 0
MinutesMinutes: 516

Starting eleven46%

6 of 13 appearances

Minutes played516

40 per appearance

Goal involvement1

1 goals

Positions played

205 matches · since 2014/15

CMRWLWCFAM

Position	Apps	G	A
Attacking Midfield	69	22	9
Centre-Forward	55	14	3
Left Winger	49	5	7
Right Winger	27	3	2
Central Midfield	5	1	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2025/2625/26	II LigaII Liga	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	13	6	1	–	0	–	0	516
2024/2524/25	II LigaII Liga	Hutnik Kraków	15	15	1	–	1	–	0	1,237
2024/2524/25	II LigaII Liga	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	11	5	1	–	1	–	0	538
2024/2524/25	CupCup	Hutnik Kraków	1	0	1	–	0	–	0	53
2023/2423/24	II LigaII Liga	Hutnik Kraków	33	33	11	–	4	–	0	2,856
20232023	VirsligaVirsliga	SK Super Nova	15	15	4	0	1	0	0	1,350
2022/2322/23	UEFA Europa Conference LeagueEuropa Conference League	FK RFS	8	2	0	–	0	–	0	251
20222022	VirsligaVirsliga	FK RFS	20	8	9	2	0	0	0	856
20222022	CupCup	FK RFS	3	2	3	–	0	–	0	208
2021/2221/22	UEFA Europa Conference LeagueEuropa Conference League	FK RFS	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	11
2020/2120/21	1. Division1. Division	Pafos	24	5	1	0	0	0	0	722
20212021	VirsligaVirsliga	FK RFS	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	296
20212021	CupCup	FK RFS	4	4	0	–	0	–	0	310
2020/2120/21	CupCup	Pafos	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	73
2019/2019/20	1. Division1. Division	Pafos	8	4	1	1	1	0	0	430
2019/2019/20	UEFA Europa LeagueEuropa League	Riga FC	5	1	0	–	0	–	0	178
2019/2019/20	UEFA Champions LeagueChampions League	Riga FC	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	84
2019/2019/20	CupCup	Pafos	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2018/1918/19	1. Division1. Division	Pafos	17	16	1	2	1	0	0	1,309
20192019	VirsligaVirsliga	Riga FC	12	9	3	1	0	0	0	755
2018/1918/19	CupCup	Pafos	4	3	0	–	0	–	0	282
20192019	CupCup	Riga FC	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	86
2018/1918/19	UEFA Nations League - League DNations League - League D	Latvia	6	5	1	–	0	–	0	459
20202020	UEFA European Championship QualifiersEuropean Championship Qualifiers	Latvia	5	5	0	–	0	–	0	419
2017/1817/18	EkstraklasaEkstraklasa	Cracovia Kraków	12	8	1	–	0	–	0	720
20182018	VirsligaVirsliga	Riga FC	12	11	2	4	1	0	0	1,036
2017/1817/18	EkstraklasaEkstraklasa	Lech Poznań	7	2	0	–	1	–	0	226
2017/1817/18	UEFA Europa LeagueEuropa League	Lech Poznań	3	0	0	–	0	–	0	24
20182018	CupCup	Riga FC	3	2	1	–	0	–	0	259
2016/1716/17	U21 Premier League Division 1 (OLD)U21 Premier League Division 1 (OLD)	Reading U23	5	5	1	–	0	–	0	292
2016/1716/17	ChampionshipChampionship	Reading	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	94
2016/1716/17	Carabao CupCarabao Cup	Reading	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	21
20182018	UEFA World Cup QualifiersWorld Cup Qualifiers	Latvia	4	1	0	–	0	–	0	130
2015/1615/16	EkstraklasaEkstraklasa	Cracovia Kraków	20	20	15	3	1	0	0	1,666
2015/1615/16	ChampionshipChampionship	Reading	12	5	3	0	0	0	0	537
2015/1615/16	CupCup	Cracovia Kraków	4	3	1	–	0	–	0	272
2015/1615/16	FA CupFA Cup	Reading	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	59
2014/1514/15	EkstraklasaEkstraklasa	Cracovia Kraków	33	31	11	2	2	0	0	2,656
2014/1514/15	CupCup	Cracovia Kraków	3	1	1	–	0	–	0	122
20162016	UEFA European Championship QualifiersEuropean Championship Qualifiers	Latvia	7	6	0	–	1	–	0	550
2013/1413/14	EkstraklasaEkstraklasa	Cracovia Kraków	8	1	0	–	2	–	0	335
2013/1413/14	EkstraklasaEkstraklasa	Zagłębie Lubin	5	1	0	–	0	–	0	80
2012/1312/13	I LigaI Liga	Katowice	27	24	11	–	2	–	0	1,988
20142014	UEFA World Cup QualifiersWorld Cup Qualifiers	Latvia	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	77
20152015	UEFA U21 ChampionshipU21 Championship	Latvia U21	2	2	2	–	0	–	0	180
2011/1211/12	I LigaI Liga	Katowice	20	17	5	–	2	–	0	1,366
2010/1110/11	EkstraklasaEkstraklasa	Zagłębie Lubin	4	1	0	–	0	–	0	96
2010/1110/11	UEFA Champions LeagueChampions League	Liepājas Metalurgs	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2010/1110/11	CupCup	Liepājas Metalurgs	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	28
2010/1110/11	Baltic LeagueBaltic League	Liepājas Metalurgs	1	1	2	–	0	–	0	90
20132013	UEFA U21 ChampionshipU21 Championship	Latvia U21	6	3	1	–	1	–	0	356
20112011	UEFA U19 ChampionshipU19 Championship	Latvia U19	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	270
20102010	VirsligaVirsliga	Liepājas Metalurgs	26	23	18	–	3	–	0	2,053
2009/1009/10	UEFA Europa LeagueEuropa League	Liepājas Metalurgs	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	2
20102010	Baltic CupBaltic Cup	Latvia	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	71
20092009	VirsligaVirsliga	Liepājas Metalurgs	14	10	9	–	1	–	0	1,065

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			472	334	122	15^*	26	0^*	0	30,270

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Virsliga	106	45	7
Ekstraklasa	89	27	5
II Liga	72	14	–
1. Division	49	3	3
I Liga	47	16	–
Cup	27	7	–
Latvia	26	1	–
Championship	14	3	0
UEFA Europa Conference League	9	0	–
UEFA Europa League	9	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

DateMoveFee
Jun 2026 Jun 2026 · Free Agent Zagłębie Sosnowiec – Free Agent Free
Feb 2025 Feb 2025 · Transfer Hutnik Kraków Zagłębie Sosnowiec Transfer
Jul 2023 Jul 2023 · Transfer SK Super Nova Hutnik Kraków Transfer
Jan 2023 Jan 2023 · Transfer FK RFS SK Super Nova Transfer
Jul 2021 Jul 2021 · Transfer Pafos FK RFS Transfer
Dec 2019 Dec 2019 · Back from Loan Riga FC Pafos Back from Loan
Jun 2019 Jun 2019 · Loan Pafos Riga FC Loan Loan
Dec 2018 Dec 2018 · Back from Loan Riga FC Pafos Back from Loan
Jul 2018 Jul 2018 · Loan Pafos Riga FC Loan Loan
Jul 2018 Jul 2018 · Transfer Reading Pafos Transfer
Jun 2018 Jun 2018 · Back from Loan Cracovia Kraków Reading Back from Loan
Jan 2018 Jan 2018 · Loan Reading Cracovia Kraków Loan Loan

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 2024–2026 24 2
Hutnik Kraków 2023–2025 49 13
SK Super Nova 2023 15 4
FK RFS 2021–2023 43 12
Pafos 2018–2021 55 3
Riga FC 2018–2020 36 6
Cracovia Kraków 2013–2018 80 29
Lech Poznań 2017 10 0

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