Education
Even though Olimps finished the championship in the last place of the table, Fertovs showed good performance, playing 13 matches during the season.
Even though Olimps finished the championship in the last place of the table, Fertovs showed good performance, playing 13 matches during the season.
Fertov"s nickname in Latvia is Kaķis (the Cat). Early career Aleksandrs Fertovs started playing football in 1998, at the age of 11. In 2007 he was taken to the Latvian Higher League club John F Kennedy Olimps.
In 2008 he was offered to join Skonto Riga first team
The competition for places in the starting line-up was stiff, and the youngster found himself playing just 1 match for the club Later he was loaned out and yet again joined John F Kennedy Olimps, who despite finishing last the previous season, had secured themselves a place in the Latvian Higher League for the upcoming one.
Fertovs scored 3 goals in 17 matches during his loan spell at Olimps. Skonto Riga 2010 2011 2012 Football Club Sevastopol On 26 January 2014 Fertovs signed a contract with the Ukrainian Premier League club Football Club Sevastopol for 2,5 years.
He scored his first league goal on 4 April 2014, helping Sevastopol beat Vorskla Poltava 1-0.
On 23 April 2014 Fertovs scored twice, helping Sevastopol beat Metalurh Zaporizhya 5-0. He was later included in the football.ua and ua-football.com teams of the round. All in all he played 9 Premier League matches for the club, scoring 3 goals.
On 27 June 2014 it was announced that the club had been dissolved due to the Russian aggression in the region and all players were granted free agents" status.
He made his debut for Latvia at full international level on 15 November 2009 in a friendly match against Honduras, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute, replacing Genādijs Soloņicins. As of May 2014, Fertovs has played 26 international matches with his first goal yet to come.
National team
As a youth player he played for his local club JFC Skonto, being a member of the Skonto Riga academy. From 2007 to 2009 Fertovs was a member of Latvia national under-21 football team