Sergejs Semjonovs (born 15 March 1959) is a

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manager and a former footballer. He played as a defender.

Playing career

Sergejs Semjonovs was one of the most reliable defenders in Daugava Rīga coached by Jānis Skredelis in mid-1980s when the club was one of the strongest sides in the Soviet first league. He played 9 seasons with Daugava, capping 340 appearances and scoring 3 goals. After the collapse of the

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Semjonovs played for some time with a club in

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, in 1995 he retired from playing and switched to coaching.

Coaching career

In 1995 Semjonovs was appointed the second coach of Amstrig Riga (later – Daugava), after four years he left for FK Ventspils where he worked for six seasons as coach of the reserves squad. Before the 2005 Virslīga season Semjonovs was appointed head coach of FK Ventspils but in the middle of the season he left the club. He worked with the reserves of FK Rīga until middle of the 2006 season when he was selected head coach. In October 2007 when the results of FK Rīga were getting worse, there were rumours in the Latvian press that Semjonovs would be asked to leave FK Rīga,FK Rīga coach close to losing his job
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Semjonovs, Sergejs 1959 births Living people Latvian men's footballers Latvian football managers FC Daugava Riga players FK Ventspils managers Latvian expatriate men's footballers Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Latvian people of Russian descent Men's association football defenders Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Soviet men's footballers