Aleksejs Šarando (born 1 January 1964) is a former
football
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midfielder
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from
Latvia
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, currently the assistant manager of
Skonto FC-2 in the
Latvian First League
The Latvian First League () is the second tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation. Since 2021, its full name is Nākotnes Līga (''Future League'').
History
The league was founded together with other Latv ...
. He obtained a total number of 24 caps for the
Latvia national team between 1993 and 1999, scoring two goals. His last club was
FK Rīga
FK Rīga was a Latvian football club based in Riga. They played in the Virslīga, the top division in Latvian football. They played their home games at Latvijas Universitātes Stadions. In 1999, its first year of existence, the club won the La ...
, where he retired in 2001. Šarando also played as a professional in
Russia
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,
Finland
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and
Sweden
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.
Honours
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Baltic Cup
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1993
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* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
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References
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1964 births
Living people
Latvian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Latvia men's international footballers
Latvian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
FK Rīga players
FK RFS players
FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players
Soviet men's footballers
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