Viktors Morozs (born 30 July 1980) is a

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coach and former player (

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). He is currently the manager of

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side, RFS.

Club career

Morozs started his career in

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. Between 2001 and 2008 he played in 122 matches for

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 ...

and scored 15 goals. On 3 August 2008 he signed for two years with Bulgarian champions

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. In summer 2010 he was released from the team, and after a 2 months long period of being in a free agent's status, he signed a single-year contract with

Atromitos Yeroskipou Atromitos Yeroskipou ( el, Ατρόμητος Γεροσκήπου) was a Cypriot football team based in the town of Yeroskipou, Paphos. The club was founded in 1956 but the club was competing until 2004 in Paphos local league. The club was promo ...

, playing in the

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. In 2011 Morozs moved to the

club

PAEEK PAEEK ( el, ΠΑΕΕΚ; short for Ποδοσφαιρική Αθλητική Ένωση Επαρχίας Κερύνειας, ''Podosfairiki Athlitiki Enosi Eparxeias Kerynias'', translated as "Football and Sport Union of Kyrenia District", lite ...

. Before the start of the 2012 season he returned to Latvia, joining the

club Spartaks Jūrmala. As the club's captain, during 2 seasons Morozs played 37 league matches and scored 5 goals. In July 2013 he was released. In August 2013 Morozs joined the

Belarusian Premier League The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belarusi ...

club Naftan Novopolotsk. In March 2014 the Latvian Higher League club

Skonto Rīga 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 ...

announced the signing of Viktors Morozs, as he returned to the club he had already played for from 2001 to 2008.

International career

Morozs made his debut for

in a friendly match against

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on 6 July 2002. He has played 22 international matches, scoring no goals. In October 2014 Morozs was recalled to the national team for the

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qualification matches against

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and

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for the first time since March 2007.

By seasons

* - played games and goals

Honours

;Skonto FC *

(5): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 *

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(3): 2000, 2001, 2002

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morozs, Viktors 1980 births Living people People from Vangaži Latvian footballers Latvia international footballers Latvian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Belarus First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Cypriot Second Division players Skonto FC players PFC CSKA Sofia players Atromitos Yeroskipou players PAEEK players FK Spartaks Jūrmala players FC Naftan Novopolotsk players Association football midfielders Latvian football managers FK RFS managers