Aleksandrs Isakovs (born 16 September 1973 in

Daugavpils Daugavpils (see also other names) is a state city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city derives its name. The parts of the city to the north of the river belong to the historical Latvian region ...

) is a Latvian former professional

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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 football competition contested by the men's national teams of UEFA member associations. Th ...

. He started his career in

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

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

Skonto FC Skonto FC was a Latvian professional Association football, 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 o ...

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

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. 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 Footballers from Daugavpils Latvian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Latvia men's 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 men's footballers Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia {{Latvia-footy-bio-stub