Aleksandrs Kokarevs (born 18 September 1955) is a former

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

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player and manager. Kokarevs played for

Daugava Rīga FK Daugava Rīga was a Latvian football club, based at the Daugava Stadium in Riga. They played in the Latvian Higher League. The last manager of the team was Armands Zeiberliņš. From the club's foundation in 2003 till 2009 the club was k ...

the biggest part of his career. His best seasons were in 1977 (40 matches, 1 goal) and 1981 (36 matches, 1 goal). From 1978 to 1980 he played with Dinamo Leningrad. After the second season which Daugava played under

Jānis Skredelis Jānis Skredelis (29 December 1939 – 27 June 2019) was a Latvian football coach. Career Skredelis managed Soviet First League side FC Daugava Riga during the 1980s. References External links Interview of Janis Skredelisto Sport Express ''Sp ...

Kokarevs retired from the club as the competition in defense in Daugava was very tough and included

Sergejs Semjonovs Sergejs Semjonovs (born 15 March 1959) is a Latvian football manager and a former footballer. He played as a defender. Playing career Sergejs Semjonovs was one of the most reliable defenders in Daugava Rīga coached by Jānis Skredelis in mid-1 ...

, Dainis Deglis and Jurijs Ševļakovs. Later Kokarevs played with

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in the Latvian league under

Viktors Ņesterenko Viktors Ņesterenko (born 3 May 1954) is a Latvian football coach and former player. Career Playing career Ņesterenko was born in Ukraine and played football there with the reserves of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. In 1971 Ņesterenko was invited ...

. Kokarevs coaching career's highest point was when he was offered to coach

RAF Jelgava RAF Jelgava was a Latvian football (soccer), football club based in Jelgava.The foundation of the club is considered in 1988 and for the first two years there were two teams of RAF Jelgava which in 1990 merged into one. One of those played in the ...

before the

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final in 1996. Kokarevs took up the job and his club won 2:1 against

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 Latvia ...

. Before that he had also managed Kvadrāts Rīga in 1. līga.Vladimirs Ivanovs. Aleksandrs Kolakovs: With Poļiščuks I became a record holder

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