Pāvels Doroševs (born 9 October 1980) 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 ...

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, currently playing for SV Victoria Seelow in the German

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. He is also a former member of

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Career

Club

As a youth player Doroševs was a member of

Skonto Riga 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 Lat ...

youth system. He was taken to the first team in 2000, but due to the fact that the team's first keeper was that time

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Andrejs Piedels Andrejs Piedels (born 17 September 1970 in Jēkabpils) is a former Latvian football goalkeeper. Career As a player, he played for Pārdaugava, Daugava, Amstrig, DAG, Skonto FC, FK Jūrmala, FK Daugava Riga and Olimps/RFS. He collected 14 ...

, Doroševs was unable to compete for a place in the starting line-up. During 2 seasons he made only 2 league appearances. In 2001 Doroševs transferred to another local club PFK Daugava, where he could finally feel the taste of game action. During 2 seasons Doroševs appeared in 27 matches, showing solid qualities for a youngster. In 2003 Doroševs was heading to

Daugavpils Daugavpils (; russian: Двинск; ltg, Daugpiļs ; german: Dünaburg, ; pl, Dyneburg; see other names) is a state city in south-eastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. The parts of the c ...

, as he was signed by

Dinaburg Daugavpils (; russian: Двинск; ltg, Daugpiļs ; german: Dünaburg, ; pl, Dyneburg; see other names) is a state city in south-eastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. The parts of the c ...

. His stay there was not long – 13 matches, just one season and another transfer to

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in 2004. 17 games were played by Doroševs that season, leading him on to another transfer that year, when he was signed by

FK Rīga FK Rīga was a Latvian football club based in Riga. They played in the Virslīga, the top division in Latvian football. They played their home games at Latvijas Universitātes Stadions. In 1999, its first year of existence, the club won the ...

. It seemed that the player just wouldn't settle down, as he was thrown from club to club, as the seasons went by – after just 7 games he moved to his previous club

, finally finding a place to settle down. The number of appearances made grew every season, as Doroševs spent 4 full seasons with the club, playing 50 matches. Even though he had to compete for a place in the starting line-up with

once again. In 2009 an offer from the

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appeared and Doroševs moved to Gabala. Soon after joining Doroševs claimed the first keeper's place, not only becoming the captain of the team, but also setting a new Latvian record without conceding a single goal for 952 minutes, which gave him the 67th place in the world rankings out of 450 goalkeepers. During 4 seasons Doroševs played 90 matches. In 2012, he was released. In July 2012 Pāvels returned to the

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, signing a contract with

FK Liepājas Metalurgs FK Liepājas Metalurgs ( lv, Futbola klubs "Liepājas metalurgs") was a Latvian football club in the city of Liepāja and playing in the Virslīga. They played at the Daugava Stadium (capacity 5,083). In 2005 Liepājas Metalurgs became the fir ...

. He spent 2 seasons there, making 32 league appearances, 12 of them were clean sheets. In June 2013 Doroševs returned to

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, signing a one-year contract with

champions Neftchi Baku. Doroševs made his Neftchi Baku debut as a first-half substitute for Ernest Nfor, as he was sacrificed after

Saša Stamenković Saša Stamenković (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Стаменковић; born 5 January 1985) is a Serbian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for FK Mladost Lučani, Mladost L ...

had been sent off in their game against

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on 10 November 2013.

International

Doroševs made his international debut against

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on 22 May 2012 in a game, which

lost 1–0. He played all 90 minutes. Currently he is the back-up keeper for

Andris Vaņins Andris Vaņins (born 30 April 1980) is a Latvian former professional footballer who works as a goalkeeping coach for Swiss club FC Sion. A goalkeeper, he most notably played for Sion, making over 200 league appearances. At international level, h ...

. Doroševs yet again appeared in the goal for Latvia in June 2013, playing full matches in friendlies against

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and

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Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 28 May 2013''

Honours

(3):

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(2): 2000, 2001 * Baltic Cup (1): 2012

References

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