Jānis Jansons

Jānis Jansons (born 28 December 1982, in Talsi) is a Latvian floorball player who is currently playing for Pixbo Wallenstam IBK in the SSL.

National team Jansons has played 21 games for the Latvian national team and collected 17 points. He has participated in six world floorball championships; 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010.

"Reactive Jānis Jansons' - Jānis Jansons is the only Latvian player who played floorball in Mecca - Swedish super league. One of the most prominent Latvian national team player.

The first offer to play the Swedish elite league Jansons received in 2004. "Then we went to the Champions Cup tournament with Rubene team which was reinforced with another club's best player, and played with Pixbo 6:7! Pixbo head coach Jan Inge Forsberg came to me and offered to play with them. "Then Jansons was only 22 years old, and he decided to pursue studies. Followed by an offer from another Swedish giant - AIC, but the last moment all dispersed."

Now Jānis Jansons is back after 2 seasons in Latvian Lielvārde floorball club and now he is a playing coach, but the situation for a player playing in Sweden he explains as follows:

"When I returned to play in Latvia, I was upset that I am not as good as I thought at the beginning. However, looking at how Sweden fared Zhelezniye Czech superstar, the world's best goalkeeper Toivoniemi bags, and other samplings leaders who are unable to settle in this league, you realize that it's not that simple", a Swedish professional visitors nationalism is difficult to live with.

Jānis Jansons became the 2011/2012 season Latvia champion, with floorball club Lielvārde.

Career statistics SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIM1999–2000 Roja ME — — — — —2000–2001 Roja ME — 19 14 33 —2001–2002 SK Latvijas Avīze ME 19 23 20 43 202002–2003 SK Latvijas Avīze ME 24 43 26 69 162003–2004 Ķekava ME 17 12 5 17 62004–2005 Ķekava ME 30 43 35 78 242005–2006 Ķekava ME 28 43 27 70 262006–2007 Ķekava ME 24 37 32 69 162007–2008 Talsi ME 28 55 53 108 222008–2009 Talsi ME 35 50 42 92 352009–2010 Pixbo Wallenstam IBK SSL 23 3 2 5 4 Career Totals170 213 198 411 130 Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes Note: Full statistics are unavailable