Arvīds Bārda (24 November 1901 – 11 November 1940) was a

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, and, along with Edvīns Bārda,

Rūdolfs Bārda Rūdolfs Bārda (20 February 1903, Riga – 24 January 1991, Riga) was a Latvian Association football, footballer and basketball player and, along with Edvīns Bārda, Arvīds Bārda and Oskars Bārda, one of the four football-playing Bārda br ...

and

Oskars Bārda Oskars is a Latvian language, Latvian masculine given name; a variant of the name Oscar (given name), Oscar. Notable people with the name include: *Oskars Bārs (1848-1914), Latvian architect *Oskars Bārtulis (born 1987), Latvian professional ic ...

, one of the four football-playing Bārda brothers. He was born and died in

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Biography

Bārda started his football career in 1921 when he along with his brothers joined JKS Riga – the strongest Latvian football club at the time, he played with the side in 1921 and 1922. In early 1923 Bārda joined the newly founded RFK – the leader in Latvian football in the years to follow. Along with his brother Edvīns he was selected to play in the first ever international match for Latvia on 24 September 1922. In total between 1922 and 1924 Arvīds played seven international matches for Latvia scoring two goals. He was a member of Latvia football team at the

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. Bārda played with RFK from 1923 to 1926 winning three Latvian league titles. After retiring from playing he continued to participate in football matches as a referee. In 1933 Bārda participated in a match of club veterans against the RFK youth squad to celebrate the 10th anniversary of RFK.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barda, Arvids 1901 births 1940 deaths Footballers from Riga People from Riga county Latvian men's footballers Latvia men's international footballers Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Latvia Men's association football forwards