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Olga Ševcova
Olga Ševcova (; born 26 November 1992) is a Latvian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for ÍBV women's football, ÍBV of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna (football), Úrvalsdeild kvenna and the Latvia women's national football team, Latvia women's national team. She has been named the Latvian Footballer of the Year on six occasions. Ševcova has played for clubs based in Lithuania, Estonia and Iceland, as well as in her native Latvia. Club career Ševcova's first club was JFC Skonto, where she played in the boys' youth teams under veteran Coach (sports), coach Vladimirs Beļajevs. She joined Šitika Futbola Skolas in 2004, then moved on to FC Skonto/Cerība-46.vsk. where she played from 2007 until 2009. Moving abroad, Ševcova then joined Lithuanian Women's A League champions FC Gintra, Gintra Universitetas Šiauliai and participated in the club's 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League#Qualifying round, 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champi ... [...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] |
