Sergejs Kožans

Sergejs Kožans (born 16 February 1986) is a Latvian former football defender, who played as a defender. He is currently first-team coach at Riga.

Sergejs Kožans
Kožans playing for Skonto Rīga
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-02-16) 16 February 1986
Place of birth Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Riga (coach)
Youth career
JFC Skonto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Skonto Rīga 51 (5)
2009–2012 Lechia Gdańsk 42 (1)
2012 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0 (0)
2013 Slavia Mozyr 5 (0)
2013–2014 Skonto Rīga 15 (2)
2014 GKS Tychy 11 (0)
2015 Šiauliai 7 (0)
2015 Bytovia Bytów 4 (0)
2016 Spartaks Jūrmala 7 (0)
2016 Riga FC 2 (0)
International career‡
2003–2004 Latvia U17 3 (0)
2006–2008 Latvia U21 4 (0)
Managerial career
2020–2021 Auda
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 September 2014

Club career

As a youth player Kožans played for JFC Skonto, making his professional debut in 2005. He spent 4 years playing for Skonto Riga in the Latvian Higher League, all in all making 51 appearances and scoring 5 goals. In 2009, alongside his team-mate Ivans Lukjanovs, Kožans joined the Polish Ekstraklasa side Lechia Gdańsk.[1] In his first season with Lechia Kožans played 18 matches and scored 1 goal. All in all he spent three seasons in the Ekstraklasa, playing 42 matches and scoring 1 goal. On 24 May 2012 it was announced that Kožans would leave the club.[2] He became an unrestricted free agent, and on 13 October 2012 joined the Belarusian Premier League club Shakhtyor Soligorsk, signing a contract until the end of the season. They finished the 2012 Belarusian Premier League season as the runners-up.[3] In March 2013 Kožans joined the fellow league club Slavia Mozyr. He played 5 league matches for the club, but then left because of personal reasons. In August 2013 Kožans returned to his former club Skonto Rīga in the Latvian Higher League.[4] In August 2014 he left the club because of its financial difficulties and unpaid wages, having played 15 league matches and scored 2 goals. On 7 August 2014 it was announced that Kožans would join the Polish First League club GKS Tychy.[5]

International career

From 2003 to 2004 Kožans played for Latvia U-17 and from 2006 to 2008 he was a member of Latvia U-21 squad. However, he has not been capped for the senior side yet.

Coaching career

In January 2023, Kožans returned to Riga as a first-team coach.[6]

References
  1. "404 / Diena". {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  2. "Lukjanovs un Kožans pamet Gdaņskas "Lechia"". 24 May 2012.
  3. "Verpakovskis nespēlē, Perepļotkins nopelna 11 metru soda sitienu un tiek finālā". 25 November 2012.
  4. "Official Skonto FC Website".
  5. "No "Skonto" aizgājušais Kožans karjeru turpinās Polijā". 7 August 2014.
  6. "THE COACHING STAFF HAS BEEN CONFIRMED". rigafc.lv/en. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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