Oļegs Aleksejenko (born 12 June 1961) 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 ...

international

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. Aleksejenko started playing football in the

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

football school under Krišs Maisītājs, his first football club was

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where he 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 ...

. Later Aleksejenko became one of the key players in another Skredelis team –

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 ...

for which he played with several interruptions from 1979 to 1991 (when the club was already renamed to Pārdaugava). After the first senior season with Daugava he was offered to play in the

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

with Dynamo Minsk, an offer from which he could not refuse. In 1983 Aleksejenko played for Dynamo rather regularly and won the bronze medals of the Soviet league. But in 1984 he returned to Daugava which Skredelis was desperately trying to make a top league team. In 1985 and 1986 it was nearly achieved and in 1986 Aleksejenko played 43 matches for the club and scored 5 goals. For the 1989 season Aleksejenko joined

Fakel Voronezh FC Fakel Voronezh (russian: Футбольный клуб "Факел" Воронеж) is a Soviet and Russian professional football club based in Voronezh. Founded in 1947, the club has played in the Soviet Top League and the Russian Premier Le ...

but then he returned to Daugava. In 1991 Aleksejenko joined

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 ...

with which he was selected the best midfielder of Latvia in 1992. He retired from football in

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by switching to

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– first as a player and later as a manager. In late 1990s Aleksejenko also played with amateur club

Policijas FK Policijas FK or FK Policija (later known as PFK Daugava) was a Latvian football club based in Riga that played in the Virslīga from 1999 to 2002. History The football club of the Latvian police forces was founded in 1994. Until 1998 it played ...

which in 1998 earned promotion to

Virslīga Latvian Higher League or Virslīga is a professional football league and the top tier of association football in Latvia. Organised by the Latvian Football Federation, the Higher League is contested by 10 clubs. The full name of the league is Op ...

. Aleksejenko made 13 appearances for

scoring 1 goal, he was the team captain in Latvia's first official match after regaining independence.Latvia national football team statistics
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Honours

* Best Midfielder in the Latvian League (1): :*

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aleksejenko, Olegs 1961 births Living people Soviet men's footballers Latvian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Latvia men's international footballers Soviet Top League players FC Daugava Riga players FC Dinamo Minsk players FC Fakel Voronezh players Frankwell F.C. players Sun Hei SC players Yee Hope FC players