Career
Early career and FK Ventspils Ritvars Rugins started playing football at the age of 9 in his local club Tukums 2000. In 2007 he joined the Latvian Higher League club FK Ventspils. In 2008 he played his first league match for the team, it was his only appearance that season.
In 2009 he played 14 games and scored twice.
In he scored 3 goals in 22 games. Year saw him playing 29 matches and scoring 4 times.
During that season Rugins was tried out in different positions, as the coach Sergei Podpaly faced a lack of defenders all season lougitude Ritvars usually plays as a midfielder, but periodically has also been part of the defensive and attacking lines, being described as a very universal player.
Illichivets Mariupol On 9 January 2012 Rugins signed a contract with the Ukrainian Premier League club Illichivets Mariupol.
He made his league debut for the club on 10 March 2012, coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute against Shakhtar Donetsk. Skonto Riga In July 2012, Rugins returned to the Latvian Higher League, signing for Skonto Riga. Rugins played for Latvia U-21 until, scoring once in 12 matches.
He made his debut for the national team in a friendly match against China (0-1) on 17 November.
As of August, 2012, Rugins has been capped 8 times for the national side. FK Ventspils National team