Dennis Cirkin (or in Latvian Denniss Cirkins) has followed a path to the Latvian national team that has led him through the Irish and English football systems and also the Premier League. Cirkins was born in Dublin in 2002, but his parents are from Daugavpils. The family moved to England when he was at the age of three and he continued his football career at the Tottenham Hotspur Academy in London.

At the age of 17, Cirkins signed a professional contract with Spurs, and the team's ...