Andrejs Pavlovs (born 22 February 1979) is a Latvian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Pavlovs started his professional career at Policija Rīga. In 2001, he joined

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, but was mostly back-up for

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during his four years at club. In 2005 Pavlovs signed a contract at FK Rīga. In Pavlovs's first season for FK Riga he played 22 out of the 28 league games. On 23 July 2008, Pavlovs joined

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side

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on trial during their summer training camp in Austria. In December 2008 he was on trial at

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. During the 2008–09 season Pavlovs was loaned to Shakhtyor Soligorsk in Belarus. After the loan return, he played for

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. During the summer transfer window FK Ventspils signed two new goalkeepers - Pavel Chasnowski and

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- Pavlovs being left as the third choice keeper. Due to lack of playing time he left the team in October 2009, signing with the Cypriot club

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. After a successful season in the

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with Akritas he was signed by AEP Paphos in June 2010 to play in the

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. Pavlovs was a first eleven player for both - Akritas and AEP Paphos. AEP Paphos were relegated from the top tier after the

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season and Pavlovs signed for

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staying in the first division. He made his debut for the club on 28 August 2011, keeping a clean sheet in the 0–0 draw against Anagennisi Dherynia. Pavlovs made 9 league appearances, then fell out of favour and was released in January 2012 by mutual consent. On 28 January 2012, Pavlovs joined the Bulgarian A PFG side

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on a one-and-a-half-year contract. However, he did not make a single league appearance, mostly serving as the back-up keeper. In May 2012 Pavlovs joined the Latvian Higher League club Spartaks Jūrmala. Serving as the first choice keeper, he made 27 league appearances during two seasons with the club. Pavlovs was released in July 2013 with his contract being broken due to austerity policy at the club. He rejoined the club later in October 2013, when the financial situation had been stabilized. In March 2014 Pavlovs joined Skonto Rīga, the club he had already been playing for from 2001 to 2005.

International career

Pavlovs holds two international caps for

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. He was the third choice keeper in the

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squad, as understudy to

, making no appearances in the tournament. He was re-called to the national team yet again in 2012, being an unused substitute in the friendly match against

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on 22 May.

Honours

Skonto *

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2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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: 2001, 2002 Ventspils *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pavlovs, Andrejs 1979 births Living people Footballers from Riga Latvian people of Russian descent Latvian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Latvian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Latvia men's international footballers UEFA Euro 2004 players Skonto FC players FK Rīga players FK Ventspils players FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players Akritas Chlorakas players AEP Paphos FC players Olympiakos Nicosia players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players FK Spartaks Jūrmala players