Background
Dzintars Sproģis came from a sporting family - his father Aivars played for Darba rezerves and Dzintars" older brother Haralds Sproģis was also a football player with whom Dzintars played together in several clubs.
Dzintars Sproģis came from a sporting family - his father Aivars played for Darba rezerves and Dzintars" older brother Haralds Sproģis was also a football player with whom Dzintars played together in several clubs.
Sproģis was recognized as the best defender in the first season of Virslīgeorgia The first club that Dzintars played with was Zvejnieks Liepāja in 1988 (at the age of just 17) from which he moved to Royal Air Force Jelgava in 1989. In 1989 he also made a debut with Daugava Rīgeorgia
With Royal Air Force he played in lower Soviet leagues.
In the first Virslīga season Dzintars joined former Daugava head coach Jānis Skredelis with Kompar-Daugava but in 1993 he went to play abroad - with Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan Diest in Belgium. In 1995 and 1996 Sproģis played in Russia - first with Kolos Krasnodar, then with Tekstilshchik Kamyshin.
When Tekstilshchik was relegated from the top division Sproģis returned to Liepāja where his career had started and joined Baltika Liepāja. His last club was Football Club Kaisar in Kazakhstan.
In 2002 Dzintars Sproģis finished his playing career.
Sproģis also played 23 international matches for Latvia national football team from to 1998. His international debut came in Latvia"s first match after it regained independence - a loss of 0:2 against Romania in a friendly match.