Aleksejs Širokovs (born 20 February 1981) is a

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 ...

n professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player currently playing for

Dresdner Eislöwen The Dresdner Eislöwen are a professional ice hockey team based in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. They currently play in DEL2, the second level of ice hockey in Germany. Prior to the 2013–14 season they played in the 2nd Bundesliga (ice hockey), 2nd ...

of the

DEL2 DEL2 (also known as DEL II) is the second tier ice hockey league in Germany, below the '' Deutsche Eishockey Liga'' (DEL) and ahead of the '' Oberliga''. Founded in 2013 to replace the defunct '' 2nd Bundesliga'', DEL2 is administered by ESBG, u ...

. Most of his professional playing career Širokovs spent in

Latvian Hockey League The Latvian Hockey Higher League ( lv, Latvijas Virslīgas hokeja čempionāts), also known as the Optibet Hockey League ( lv, Optibet hokeja līga) since 2017 due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Optibet, is the top tier Sports league, lea ...

's club

HK Liepājas Metalurgs HK Liepājas Metalurgs was a hockey club based in Liepāja, Latvia that fielded multiple teams over the years competing in the Belarusian Extraliga (BXL), Latvian Hockey League (LHL), and Minor Hockey League Division B (MHL B). The club was di ...

, twice becoming Latvia's champion. From 2004 until 2007 Širokovs played in several

Russian Superleague The Russian Superleague (russian: Чемпионат России Суперлига, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was consi ...

and

Russian Major League The Supreme Hockey League (SHL) (russian: Высшая хоккейная лига (ВХЛ), links=no, ''Vysshaya hokkeinaya liga (VHL)''), also known as the Major Hockey League or Higher Hockey League (HHL), is a professional ice hockey league i ...

clubs, but played the 2007-08 season in

Belarusian Extraliga The Belarusian Extraleague (abbreviated BHL, also known as the Belarusian Open Championship), officially formed in 2006, is the top ice hockey league in Belarus. In its past, it has switched several times between being and not being an open leagu ...

club

Metallurg Zhlobin Metallurg Zhlobin is an ice hockey team in Zhlobin, Belarus. The team was formed in 2004 and competes in the Belarusian Extraliga (BXL). Winner Belarusian Extraleague: * - 2012, 2022 Belarusian Cup (ice hockey) The Belarusian Cup is the national ...

. He played in

Latvian national ice hockey team The Latvian men's national ice hockey team represents Latvia in international ice hockey. The team is ranked 10th in the world by IIHF as of 2019. The team is controlled by the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation. Their best ever finish at the World Ch ...

during seven

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

. He also played in

Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

qualifying tournament, as well as three Junior World Championships.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* * * * 1981 births Amur Khabarovsk players Dinamo Riga players Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Atlant Moscow Oblast players Dresdner Eislöwen players HC Dynamo Moscow players HC Kometa Brno players HC Red Ice players HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players Metallurg Novokuznetsk players HK Liepājas Metalurgs players HK Neman Grodno players HK Riga 2000 players Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Kapitan Stupino players Kazzinc-Torpedo players Latvian ice hockey centres Living people Lukko players Metallurg Zhlobin players Neftyanik Almetyevsk players Olympic ice hockey players of Latvia Prizma Riga players SG Cortina players Ice hockey people from Riga {{Latvia-icehockey-bio-stub