Career
Laizāns started his career with Skonto Football Club and moved to the Russian team CSKA Moscow in 2000. After leaving CSKA Laizāns kept playing in Russia for Football Club Torpedo Moscow, Football Club Rostov, Football Club Kuban Krasnodar and Football Club Shinnik Yaroslavl. In 2009 he came back to Latvia, signing for Olimps/RFS, later also playing for FK Ventspils and participating in the Union of European Football Associations Europa League group stages.
Laizāns signed for Skonto Football Club at the start of 2010, but left the team soon - he joined the Russian team Football Club Salyut Belgorod.
At the end of the season he was released, and he returned to Skonto Football Club once again. Playing 14 matches and scoring 2 goals, he once again left Riga, this time in July 2011 for Fakel Voronezh, playing in the Russian First League.
After a season spent in Russia, Juris once again joined Skonto on 30 August 2012. Laizāns played for Skonto till April 2014, afterwards ending his professional football player"s career.
Laizāns played 113 international matches and scored 15 goals for Latvia.
He debuted in 1998 and played at the Euro 2004. His last official international match was a friendly against Republic of Ireland on 15 November, 2013. As of 2014, Laizāns ranks third in the list of Latvia"s most capped players internationally with 113 appearances.
His 15 goals for the national team rank him fifth in the table of top scorers.
1997 - Skonto Riga (2/0) 1998 - Skonto Riga (26/1) 1999 - Skonto Riga (27/3) 2000 - Skonto Riga (26/6) 2001 - CSKA Moscow (26/0) 2002 - CSKA Moscow (26/3) 2003 - CSKA Moscow (21/1) 2004 - CSKA Moscow (4/0) 2005 - CSKA Moscow (3/1), Football Club Torpedo Moscow (9/1) 2006 - Football Club Rostov (21/1) 2007 - Football Club Kuban Krasnodar (24/4) 2008 - Shinnik Yaroslavl (24/1) 2009 - Olimps/RFS (10/0) 2009 - FK Ventspils (6/1) 2010 - Skonto Riga (12/1) 2010 - Football Club Salyut Belgorod (13/1) 2011 - Skonto Riga (14/2) 2011/12 - Football Club Fakel Voronezh (17/3) 2012 - Skonto Riga (6/0) 2013 - Skonto Riga (25/3) 2014 - Skonto Riga (1/0).