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Marko Regža (born 20 January 1999) is a Latvian footballer who plays for Virslīga club Riga and the Latvia national team.

Club career

Regža began his youth career with SK Babīte.[1][2] At age 11, he and his family moved to Germany to join the academy of Fortuna Düsseldorf. He later moved to Schalke 04. He stayed with the club until age 15 when he was forced to return to Latvia because of injury.[3]

He went on to join RFS of the Virslīga but was again troubled by injury. He eventually signed a contract with Riga FC through 31 December 2025. Regža had a breakout season in 2023 and reached second in the league scoring chart with eleven goals in nineteen matches at one point.[3] Because of his play that season, he was linked with a move to Sint-Truidense V.V. of the Belgian Pro League.[4]

International career

Regža made his senior international debut on 16 June 2023 in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Turkey. Three days later, he appeared against Armenia in the same competition.[4]

International career statistics

As of 19 June 2023[5]
Latvian national team
Year Apps Goals
2023 2 0
Total 2 0

References

  1. ^ "Regža papildina "Riga" uzbrukuma līniju" (in Latvian). sportazinas.com. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. ^ "REGŽA - "RIGA FOOTBALL CLUB" PLAYER". Riga FC. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b "par Latvijas izlases un "Riga FC" uzbrucēju Regžu interesējas Beļģijas klubi" (in Latvian). tvnet.lv. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Regza naar Belgische club?" (in Dutch). voetbalbelgie.be. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  5. ^ "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

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