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| Artjoms Rudnevs |
He started his career in the local club FC Daugava but in February 2009 signed a contract with the Hungarian club. At first there was a problem with the new contract because the old one with Daugava was still active, so FIFA was involved. In May 2009 he finally made his debut.
In July 2010 rumors appeared that the Ekstraklasa giants Lech Poznan were interested in signing him. Later on this rumors were verified and ArtjomsRudņevs joined the club on trial. After a successful trial at the club and after passing the medical tests, Lech started signing talks with ZTE. Clubs couldn't come to a conclusion for a very long time and when it was done, the Polish side failed in talks with the player about the individual contract. It seemed that the talks were over but in August the same year, after Rudņevs had scored two goals in the season opener, the Polish club board and ZTE sat to table again. This time talks were successful and Rudņevs signed a four-year contract with the Polish giants.[3] In his debut in Lech Poznań jersey against Widzew Łódź he scored a goal. He scored two goals again in the third round of the championship in a 5-0 win over Cracovia. He scored his fourth goal in consecutive five matches against Śląsk Wrocław on September 11, 2010. It turned out to be the winning goal as Lech won 2:1. Five days later Artjoms Rudnevs was on the score sheet again, scoring a hat-trick in a game against Juventus in the Europa league, the first goal a cooly slotted penalty, the second a scissor kick from 3 yards and the third an another long-yard kick - Juventus vs Lech 3 - 3
