Leonids Tambijevs
{{Short description|Latvian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Leonids Tambijevs 2, Denmark U20 - Latvia U20, 19.12.2013.jpg
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| image_size = 230px
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|9|26|mf=y}}
| death_date =
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| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 176
| position = Left wing
| shoots = Right
| team =
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| played_for = SKA Leningrad
Pārdaugava Riga
Essamika Ogre
Hvidovre Ishockey
Lukko
Iserlohn Roosters
Rodovre Mighty Bulls
Amur Khabarovsk
Tappara
EHC Basel
DHK Latgale
| ntl_team = LAT
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| career_start = 1988
| career_end = 2008
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Leonīds Tambijevs (born September 26, 1970 in Riga, Soviet Union) is a former professional ice hockey left winger, currently serving as the head coach of Admiral Vladivostok{{cite web | title=Admiral Vladivostok| website=Elite Prospects| url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/15082/admiral-vladivostok | access-date=9 December 2023}} in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Playing career
Tambijevs began his career with the Dinamo Riga youth team. As a junior he played with several Latvian teams. He debuted at the USSR Tier III level with RASMS-Energo, but soon joined USSR top level team Leningrad SKA for the 1990/1991 season. He then returned to Riga where had played until 1995 with ex-USSR league premier level teams Stars Riga and Pardaugava Riga.
After the disbanding of Riga premier league teams in 1995, Tambijevs moved abroad and played with Denmark team Hvidovre IK. A career highpoint includes a spot with Finnish SM-liiga at Rauma Lukko. He then played in Germany, Denmark, Russia, Switzerland, Italy, and spent his final season with EV Zeltweg in Austria
Tambijevs has an extensive Latvian national ice hockey team career. He made his debut at the first official renewed national teams' game in 1992 and has played at every world championship, Olympic qualifier and Olympic Games for the Latvian team until 2007. On 13 April 2007 in a Latvian game against Finland, Tambijevs and Aleksandrs Semjonovs became the first two players to play 200 games for the Latvia national team. He has played the most games and scored the most points for the national team.
Coaching career
Tambijevs has previously coached Saryarka Karagandy.{{cite web|url=http://saryarka-hc.kz|title=Официальный сайт ХК "Сарыарка" г. Караганда - Главная страница}} Currently, he is the head coach of the Admiral hockey club and assistant head coach of the Kazakhstan national team.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |
| 1988–89
| RASMS–Energo Rīga | URS.3 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1989–90 | SKA–2 Leningrad | URS.3 | 66 | 30 | 11 | 41 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91
| URS | 23 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1990–91 | SKA–2 Leningrad | URS.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92
| CIS | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1991–92 | RASMS Rīga | CIS.3 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992–93
| Pārdaugava Rīga | IHL | 41 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| 1992–93 | Pārdaugava–2 Rīga | LAT | 11 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94
| Pārdaugava Rīga | IHL | 42 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1993–94 | Essamika Ogre | LAT | — | — | — | — | — | | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1994–95
| Pārdaugava Rīga | IHL | 47 | 21 | 7 | 28 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1995–96 | DEN | 42 | 61 | 38 | 99 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96
| Essamika Ogre | LAT | — | — | — | — | — | | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
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| 1996–97 | Hvidovre IK | DEN | 43 | 37 | 35 | 72 | 102 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98
| Hvidovre IK | DEN | 20 | 29 | 13 | 42 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1997–98 | Lukko | SM-l | 25 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998–99
| Lukko | SM-l | 53 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Lukko | SM-l | 52 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000–01
| DEL | 60 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2001–02 | DEN | 39 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 2002–03
| RUS.2 | 41 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 4 |
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| 2002–03 | Torpedo–2 Nizhny Novgorod | RUS.3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003–04
| RSL | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2003–04 | Tappara | SM-l | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003–04
| EHC Chur | SUI.2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
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| 2004–05 | EHC Chur | SUI.2 | 43 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005–06
| NLA | 21 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2005–06 | SUI.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07
| ITA.2 | 30 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 14 |
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| 2006–07 | LAT | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007–08
| AUT.2 | 32 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 35 |
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! colspan="3" | IHL totals ! 130 ! 50 ! 25 ! 75 ! 114 ! 4 ! 0 ! 2 ! 2 ! 2 |
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! colspan="3" | DEN totals ! 144 ! 156 ! 115 ! 271 ! 242 ! 9 ! 4 ! 6 ! 10 ! — |
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! colspan="3" | SM-l totals ! 142 ! 61 ! 53 ! 114 ! 171 ! 4 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 2 |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |
| 1993
| Latvia | WC C | 7 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 |
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| 1993 | Latvia | OGQ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1994
| Latvia | WC B | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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| 1995 | Latvia | WC B | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 |
| 1996
| Latvia | WC B | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
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| 1996 | Latvia | OGQ | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| 1997
| Latvia | WC | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
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| 1998 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1999
| Latvia | WC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
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| 1999 | Latvia | WC Q | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2000
| Latvia | WC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2001 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001
| Latvia | WC | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2002 | Latvia | OG | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002
| Latvia | WC | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2003 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004
| Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2005 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005
| Latvia | WC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
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| 2006 | Latvia | OG | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2006
| Latvia | WC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
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| 2007 | Latvia | WC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
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! colspan="3" | Senior totals ! 122 ! 44 ! 50 ! 94 ! 78 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
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