Pauls Sokolovs
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 in the early years after World War I. In 1923 he joined the newly founded RFK for which he played until the end of his football career. Over the years from 1923 to 1928 Sokolovs won three Latvian Higher League titles and became a two-time winner of the Riga Football Cup. Sokolovs played 8 international matches for Latvia national football team from 1923 to 1925,[4] including a participation at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[5] Sokolovs also played ice hockey and played several matches for Latvia national ice hockey team.
Honours[]
- Latvian Higher League: 1924, 1925, 1926 (RFK)
- Riga Football Cup: 1924, 1925 (RFK)
References[]
- ^ Pauls Sokolovs' obituary (in Latvian)
- ^ "Pauls Sokolovs Biography and Statistics". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Pauls Sokolovs". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ List of Latvia national football team caps[dead link]
- ^ Latvia footballers to participate at the Berlin Olympic games?
External links[]
- Pauls Sokolovs at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 1902 births
- 1971 deaths
- Latvian footballers
- Latvia international footballers
- Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Latvia
- Latvian ice hockey players
- Association football midfielders