| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arkādijs Pavlovs | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Riga, Russian Empire | ||
| Date of death | 26 June 1960 (aged 57) | ||
| Place of death | Riga, Latvia | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1922 | Marss Riga | ||
| 1923 | Amatieris | ||
| 1924-1934 | RFK | ||
| 1935-1939 | Kružoks Riga | ||
| National team | |||
| 1924–1933 | Latvia | 37 | (9) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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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.
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[2]. Pavlovs scored the first goal in the history of the Baltic Cup and won the first tournament with Latvia in 1928[3].
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[4]. In Kružoks Palvovs was the most experienced footballer and the informal leader of the club both on the field and off it.
Club Titles
National Team