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Latvian footballer

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) was a Latvian footballer who competed for Latvia national football team at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

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

Honours

References

  1. Pauls Sokolovs' obituary (in Latvian)
  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. ^ Pauls Sokolovs at WorldFootball.net
  5. "List of Latvia national football team caps". Periodika.lv.
  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.
Latvia football squad1924 Summer Olympics
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