Pauls Sokolovs

Pauls Sokolovs
Personal information
Date of birth (1902-07-17)17 July 1902
Place of birth Riga, Russian Empire
Date of death 20 April 1971(1971-04-20) (aged 68)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1923-1925 Torpedo Rīga
JKS Riga
Rīgas FK
International career
1923-1925 Latvia 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pauls Sokolovs (17 July 1902 – 20 April 1971)[1] was a Latvian footballer who competed for Latvia national football team at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Sokolovs started playing football with JKS Riga in the early years after World War I,[citation needed] then joined the newly founded RFK in 1923, where he played until the end of his football career.[4] He won three Latvian Higher League titles and became a two-time winner of the Riga Football Cup between 1923 and 1928[citation needed] and played 8 international matches for the Latvian national football team from 1923 to 1925,[4][5] including a participation at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[6] Sokolovs also played ice hockey, representing the Latvia national ice hockey team in several matches.[citation needed]

Honours

References

  1. ^ Pauls Sokolovs' obituary (in Latvian) [dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Pauls Sokolovs Biography and Statistics". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Pauls Sokolovs". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b Pauls Sokolovs at WorldFootball.net
  5. ^ "List of Latvia national football team caps". Periodika.lv.[dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Latvijas futbolisti piedalījās Berlines olimpiade?" [Latvia footballers to participate at the Berlin Olympic games?] (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 4 October 2011.