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Alfrēds Plade
Alfrēds Plade (11 June 1905 – 29 March 1944) was a Latvian association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He made one appearance for the Latvia national football team, Latvia national team in 1923 and was part of the squad at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Personal life and death Plade was born in Riga, son of cantor Jekabs Plade and his wife Sofija Rozalija (''nee'' Veikmane). He was one of four brothers who represented Latvia in football, the others were Voldemars Plade, Voldemars, Kurts Plade, Kurts and Teodors Plade, Teodors. He did compulsory military service in a Latvian Army tank regiment in 1925-26 and worked as a cantor. Football in Latvia 1907-1940, biography Alfreds Plate (Latvian language), accessed 16 March 2022. In 1939, unlike his brothers he did not repatriate to Germany as a Baltic Germans, Baltic German and rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers and lies above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain. Riga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, the 2006 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 2013 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2021 IIHF World Championship. It is home to the European Union's office of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). In 2017, it was named the European Region of Gastronomy. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
