Arkādijs Pavlovs

Arkādijs Pavlovs
Personal information
Full name Arkādijs Pavlovs
Date of birth (1903-02-02)2 February 1903
Place of birth Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Date of death 26 June 1960(1960-06-26) (aged 57)
Place of death Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1922 Marss Riga
1923 Amatieris
1924–1934 RFK
1935–1939 Kružoks Riga
International career
1924–1933 Latvia 37 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arkādijs Pavlovs (2 February 1903, in Riga – 26 June 1960, in Riga)[1] was a Latvian footballer and football manager, a five-time champion of Latvia.[2]

Biography

Pavlovs began playing football while in refuge during World War I in Yekaterinoslav. After returning to Latvia he played with Marss Riga and Amatieris for a short period but in 1924 Pavlovs joined the most important club of his career - RFK. Playing with RFK Pavlovs won five Latvian Higher League titles and became a two-time winner of the Riga Football Cup. From 1924 to 1933 he played for the Latvia national football team in total making 37 appearances and scoring 9 goals . Palvovs was a member of the Latvian football team at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[3] Pavlovs scored the first goal in the history of the Baltic Cup and won the first tournament with Latvia in 1928.[4]

After the 1934 football season Pavlovs joined the lower league club Kružoks Riga with which he played until 1939. In 1938 Pavlovs was a member of the Kružoks squad that earned promotion to the Latvian Higher League.[5] In Kružoks Palvovs was the most experienced footballer and the informal leader of the club both on the field and off it.

Honours

Club Titles

National Team

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Arkādijs Pavlovs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Arkādijs Pavlovs". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ Latvia footballers to participate at the Berlin Olympic games?
  4. ^ "Baltic Cup overview". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  5. ^ Kružoks - first league champion[dead link‍]