Aleksandrs Isakovs (born 16 September 1973 in

Daugavpils Daugavpils (; russian: Двинск; ltg, Daugpiļs ; german: Dünaburg, ; pl, Dyneburg; see other names) is a state city in south-eastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. The parts of the c ...

) is a Latvian former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a defender. He made 58 appearances for the Latvia national team. He debuted in 1997, and played at the

Euro 2004 The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2004, was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial association football, football competition contested by the List of men's national associatio ...

. He started his career in

Dinaburg FC Dinaburg FC was a Latvian football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. In 2009 it merged with FK Daugava. The club played at the Daugava Stadium (capacity 4,070). On October 5, 2009, Dinaburg was expelled from the Virsliga and both the pr ...

, and played for Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod, before joining Latvian champion team

Skonto FC Skonto FC was a Latvian football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption (15 in total), and often provided the core of the Lat ...

. He ended his career in FK Daugava Daugavpils. After the end of his career, Isakovs became the sporting director of his former club

Daugava Daugavpils FC Daugava was a Latvian football club, based at the Daugava Stadium, in the city of Daugavpils. They lastly played in the Latvian Second League in 2015. They were one of two clubs with the name ''Daugava'' and should not be confused with FK ...

. On 22 October 2012, he waas appointed head of Daugavpils Sport administration. Isakovs' specialty is also a sports teacher. After retiring from professional football Isakovs began playing

futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is t ...

. He participated at the Daugavpils futsal championship, winning the gold medals in the 2009–10 season.

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Latvian Football Federation
1973 births Living people Latvian people of Russian descent Sportspeople from Daugavpils Latvian footballers Association football defenders Latvia international footballers UEFA Euro 2004 players Russian Premier League players Skonto FC players FC Daugava players FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Volgar Astrakhan players Latvian expatriate footballers Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Russia {{Latvia-footy-bio-stub