Arnolds Tauriņš (10 August 1905 – 20 August 1984 in

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) was a

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and a seven-time champion of Latvia in the 1920s-1930s.

Biography

For most of his career Tauriņš played with RFK, but he started playing with Amatieris in 1923 (he played again with Amatieris in 1928). A year later he joined RFK as it won its first

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title. Over the eleven seasons that Tauriņš played with RFK he won seven Latvian league titles - the highest number for any

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footballer in pre-war Latvia, matched only by Kārlis Tīls and

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. Tauriņš also won the

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twice while playing for RFK. Tauriņš was notable not only for his club successes, but also for his career with the Latvia national team. His international career spanned 10 years from 1925 to 1935. Tauriņš played in 39 matches for the national team and scored 10 goals, making him the fifth most-capped footballer in pre-war Latvia and the country's fourth highest international goal-scorer. One of his goals brought Latvia victory in the first-ever Baltic Cup.Baltijas labākie futbolisti šonedēļ ierodas Rīgā
After

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Tauriņš ended up outside Latvia, living at first in Australia and later lived in the United States.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taurins, Arnolds Latvian men's footballers Latvia men's international footballers 1905 births 1984 deaths Men's association football forwards