Grigorijs Kuzņecovs (born 1943) is a former Soviet-

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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midfielder who played with FK Daugava Rīga from 1967 to 1973. His first steps in football Kuzņecovs made in the Crimea where he was born - he started with Tavriya Simferopol, then moved to

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but he made himself really known only when he moved to

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 ...

in 1967. Kuzņecovs was good in tackling and ball control, had a good technique, but his weaker side was thinking ahead and taking unexpected decisions. With Daugava he made 213 appearances scoring 19 goals. Later he played with

Torpedo Rīga Torpedo Rīga was a football club that played in Riga. The club played in the Latvian league with good success from 1979 to 2000 when it merged with Policijas FK. History As Torpedo Rīga Torpedo Rīga was a football club which was supported ...

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1943 births Living people Soviet footballers Latvian footballers FC Daugava Riga players SC Tavriya Simferopol players Men's association football midfielders {{latvia-bio-stub