Arkādijs Pavlovs

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]

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

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
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