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Vadims Žuļevs
Personal information
Date of birth	1 March 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Brocēni, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union ; (now Republic of Latvia)
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
	Brocēni
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2008	FC Daugava
2008–2009	Daugava Riga
2009–2011	Lombard-Pápa TFC
2012–2013	Jūrmala
2013–2014	Jelgava
2014–2015	Lombard-Pápa TFC
2015–2018	Ventspils
2019–2022	Liepāja
International career
2004–2005	Latvia U-17
2006–2007	Latvia U-19
2008–2010	Latvia U-21
2018	Latvia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vadims Žuļevs (born 1 March 1988) is a Latvian former footballer.

Club career

As a youth player Žuļevs played in his home-town Brocēni, signing his first professional contract in 2006 with FK Daugava Daugavpils. Žuļevs played there for 2 years until 2008, making 24 league appearances and scoring no goals. In 2008, he left, signing with FK Daugava Riga. During 1 season there he played 13 matches, scoring 1 goal. In 2009, he went on trial with Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Lombard-Pápa TFC in Hungary and signed a contract with them, leaving Latvian Higher League. All over 3 seasons Žuļevs played 28 games for the Hungarian side. He left in 2012, joining FC Jūrmala in the Latvian Higher League.^[2] Žuļevs played 28 matches and scored 2 goals for Jūrmala in the 2012 season, finishing in the sixth place of the league table. In February 2013 he joined the Latvian Higher League club FK Jelgava.^[3] In May 2014 Žuļevs helped Jelgava win the Latvian Cup.^[4] In July 2014 Žuļevs returned to Hungary, signing a two-year contract with his previous club Lombard-Pápa TFC.^[5]

Žuļevs signed with FK Liepāja in the beginning of January 2019.^[6]

International career

Žuļevs has made 22 appearances and scored one goal for Latvia U-21. He made his debut for Latvia national football team on 16 October 2018 in a 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D game against Georgia.^[7]