Career
In the first year Lazdiņš was mainly the backup goalkeeper behind K.Minsterjānis but in 1929 he already was the number one goalkeeper for Olimpija. Through the entire 1930s Lazdiņš played rarely was replaced in the goal of Olimpija and was considered one of the best goalkeepers in the country. He was tall and rarely made spectacular jumps but he always played without fear and as the first of Latvian goalkeepers started participating in playing outside the penalty area.
Lazdiņš was the most popular football player of Olimpija of his era.
Lazdiņš made 16 appearances for Latvia national football team, after matches against Poland, Germany and Sweden international football specialists praised him as a European class goalkeeper. With Olimpija Lazdiņš played from 1927 to 1944.
After World World War II he ended up in Germany. There he played with Turn- und Sportverein Schwaben Augsburg in 1946 and with Football Club Gundelfingen under management of his former Latvia national team mate Vladimirs Bērziņš in 1947.
In 1948 Lazdiņš played with Reconstruction Finance Corporation Liege in Belgium.
Afterwards he settled in Canada and played football in Street Catharines.
