The Ventspils Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Praisegod Okechukwu arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Praisegod Okechukwu has, at Ventspils, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ventspils
Mihkel Ainsalu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Too dear: Ventspils walk away from Danila Patijčuks
$4.0K was the most the club would pay and Liepaja were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kaspars Oss steps up from the Ventspils academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kaspars Oss has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kristaps Vanins steps up from the Ventspils academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kristaps Vanins has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ventspils promote Roberts Fertovs from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Roberts Fertovs has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Roberts Dubra joins the Ventspils first team
- Squad Mihkel Ainsalu needs a bigger stage
- Squad The formation has left Praisegod Okechukwu behind
- Transfer targets Ventspils try to borrow Pavels Zjuzins