Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Vladimirs Bespalovs - Vladimirs Bespalovs (born 22 June 1988 in Ventspils) is a Latvian professional footballer who last played for FK Ventspils in the Latvian Higher League.Bespalovs has represented his country at the U-21 level and has played one match in the full international level. He was firstly called up to the national team for a friendly match against China on November 17 2010.
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Athlete