Pauls Sokolovs

Pauls Sokolovs (1902 – 20 April 1971)[1] was a Latvian footballer who competed for Latvia national football team at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2]

Sokolovs started playing football with JKS Riga 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,[3] including a participation at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[4] Sokolovs also played ice hockey and played several matches for Latvia national ice hockey team.

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. List of Latvia national football team caps
  4. Latvia footballers to participate at the Berlin Olympic games?

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