Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Valērijs Šabala

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The result was delete. postdlf (talk) 05:44, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Valērijs Šabala

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Contested PROD. Concern was Article about a footballer who fails WP:GNG and who has not played in a fully pro league. PROD was contested on the basis of the number of goals he has scored, and that he has played for Latvian youth national teams. The former is not mentioned by WP:NSPORT, the latter is explicitly excluded by it. Neither has generated sufficient coverage to meet WP:GNG. Sir Sputnik (talk) 17:39, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Sir Sputnik (talk) 17:42, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The Latvian league unfortunatly is not professional yet, youth international apperances don't count either, fails WP:FOOTY Seasider91 (talk) 19:04, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: Fails WP:NFOOTBALL and WP:GNG. --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 12:55, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

He has some media coverage in Russian and Latvian. --Postoronniy-13 (talk) 08:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 13:42, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Leave, he is the youngest player, who scored goal in Top division of UEFA countries [1]. (scored 2010-04-23 but born 1994-10-12, so at that time he was 15 years and 193 days old) --Dark Eagle (talk) 15:51, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: And this shows notability how? --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 16:53, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

+he was twice awarded (2011, 2012) with "Ilmāra Liepiņa balva" as best Latvian youth footballer --Dark Eagle (talk) 17:21, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: While those are great achievements they still dont help in WP:Football notability. HOWEVER if you add the sources to the article and find more information on the player then perhaps you can get the page to pass WP:GNG. --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 18:49, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. --Edgars2007 ^{(talk/contribs)} 16:47, 1 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - the article is about a footballer who hasn't played in a fully pro league or represented his country at senior level, which means that the article fails WP:NFOOTY. Also fails WP:GNG due to lack of coverage in reliable sources. No prejudice against recreation when one of the criteria is met. Mentoz86 (talk) 13:29, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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