Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 July 1902 | ||
Place of birth | Riga, Russian Empire | ||
Date of death | 20 April 1971 | (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]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 17 July 1902 | ||
Place of birth | Riga, Russian Empire | ||
Date of death | 20 April 1971 | (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]