I was born in Riga and started my career in 1996 at FK Auda in the Latvian 2nd Division. The following year I moved to Sweden with Östers IF, where I made 11 league appearances before moving back to Latvia in 1998 to play for Skonto Riga. I played there for the next three seasons and won three consecutive league titles in a row and also won the Latvian Cup twice (all in all 14 goals in 67 league matches). I made my international debut for Latvia on 10 November 1998 in a friendly match 3–0 loss against Tunisia. With 117 international caps I became the second most capped player in the history of Latvian national team.In 2000 I moved to England, joining English Football League First Division club Crystal Palace. I made 31 appearances in three seasons at the club,scoring twice in the League Cup against Leicester City and Liverpool.In December 2002 I moved to Russia initially to play Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League. Three months later Iwas sold to Shinnik Yaroslavl,where played 51 games in two seasons, scoring 4 times. In January I signed a four-year contract with Spartak Moscow.In June 2007 I went on loan to the Latvian Higher League club FK Liepajas Metalurgs for six months. Then in August 2008 I signed a contract with the Azerbaijan Premier League club Inter Baku. I spent two seasons there, scoring 9 goals in 49 league games. I also managed to become the champion of Azerbaijan in the 2009–10 with Inter.I started the 2010–11 season in another Azerbaijan Premier League club FK Qarabağ. In 2011, I was signed by Azerbaijan Premier League club Simurq PFC, scored 1 goal in 18 matches.Moreover, one of my significant achievements is a participation in Euro 2004.