Ainārs Podziņš

Ainārs Podziņš (; born 16 March 1992, in Jūrmala, Latvia) is a Latvian and RussianАйнарс Подзиньш: «Еду в российскую молодежку, но по-прежнему хочу выступать за сборную Латвии» ice hockey forward, currently playing for HC Kramatorsk of the UHL.
For a longer period of time Podziņš, a native of Latvia, carried a Russian passport and even played for the Russian U17 national team. However, in the summer of 2010, after joining Dinamo Riga, Podziņš managed to regain his Latvian citizenship.
In December 2017, Podziņš signed for the Edinburgh Capitals of the UK EIHL. He has since had spells in Australia, France, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
 	 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
2008–09 	PHC Krylya Sovetov 	RUS–2 		6 	0 	0 	0 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	PHC Krylya Sovetov 2 	RUS–2 		39 	3 	5 	8 	12 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	PHC Krylya Sovetov 	RUS–3 		53 	13 	11 	24 	38 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	Dinamo Riga 	KHL 		19 	1 	0 	1 	6 		11 	0 	1 	1 	6
2010–11 	HK Riga 	MHL 		17 	2 	6 	8 	16 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2011–12 	Dinamo Riga 	KHL 		38 	4 	0 	4 	21 		4 	0 	0 	0 	2
2011–12 	HK Riga 	MHL 		7 	2 	1 	3 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2011–12 	HK Juniors 	LHL 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 		5 	0 	0 	0 	0
2012–13 	HK Riga 	MHL 		5 	0 	2 	2 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2012–13 	Metalurgs Liepaja 	BXL 		22 	6 	6 	12 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2012–13 	Vityaz Chekhov 	KHL 		13 	1 	3 	4 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2012–13 	Russkie Vityazi Chekhov	MHL 		8 	3 	3 	6 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2013–14 	Vityaz Podolsk 	KHL 		11 	0 	2 	2 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2013–14 	Titan Klin 	VHL 		12 	0 	0 	0 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2014–15 	HC Kuban 	VHL 		2 	0 	0 	0 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2014–15 	HK Martin 	SVK1 		14 	3 	5 	8 	2 		3 	0 	0 	0 	2
2015–16 	Sokol Krasnoyarsk 	VHL 		44 	4 	7 	11 	38 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2016–17 	EHC Bayreuth 	DEL2 		4 	1 	2 	3 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2016–17 	EC Kitzbühel 	AlpsHL 		12 	7 	5 	12 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2016–17 	Iisalmen Peli-Karhut 	Mestis 		7 	5 	2 	7 	25 		8 	3 	4 	7 	4
2017–18 	Metallurg Novokuznetsk 	VHL 		13 	0 	1 	1 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2017–18 	Edinburgh Capitals 	EIHL 		32 	12 	8 	20 	18 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2018 	CBR Brave 	AIHL 		17 	16 	19 	35 	22 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2018–19 	LHC Les Lions 	Ligue Magnus		15 	1 	4 	5 	14 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2018–19 	HC Almaty 	KAZ 		7 	0 	3 	3 	14 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0
2019–20 	HC Donbass 	UHL 		30 	18 	16 	34 	18 		2 	0 	0 	0 	2
2020–21 	HC Donbass 	UHL 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2020–21 	HC Kramatorsk 	UHL 		26 	5 	8 	13 	36 		3 	2 	0 	2 	4
KHL totals	KHL totals 	KHL totals 		19 	1 	0 	1 	6 		11 	0 	1 	1 	6
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
==References==
==External links==
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* Global-sport profile
* Ainārs's blog on allhockey.ru
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