Igors Sļesarčuks (, born 31 March 1976) is a
Latvia
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Russia
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football
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coach and former player.
Career
He has played for
FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk () is a Russian football club based in Pyatigorsk.
The club plays in the third-tier Russian Second League.
History
The history of Mashuk-KMV dates back to the 1920s and the team named Dynamo. The team was known under dif ...
in the
Russian First Division
The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () and Russian Football National League (FNL) () is the second level of the Russian football league system.
The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used to ...
, for
Skonto Riga
Skonto FC was a Latvian professional 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 cor ...
,
FK Venta and
FK Ventspils
FK Ventspils was a Latvian professional football club based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils. It was one of the most prominent football clubs in the country. The club played in the Latvian Virslīga since 1997.
It folded in July ...
in Latvia and other clubs from Belarus, Russia and Estonia.
Despite living in
Latvia
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and playing for
Latvia national football team
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some time ago, he received a
Russian passport
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in 2008 and received a
Belarusian residence permit in 2012. As Latvia's double citizenship laws do not apply to Russian passport holders, it is unclear whether he holds
Latvian citizenship
The Latvian nationality law () is based on the Citizenship Law of 1994. It is primarily based on the principles of jus sanguinis.
History
The first nationality law of Latvia was adopted in August, 1919. In September, 1940, the Supreme Soviet of ...
.
Personal life
Sļesarčuks was born in
Belye Berega, Bryansk Oblast in the
Russian SFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR), previously known as the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and the Russian Soviet Republic, and unofficially as Soviet Russia,Declaration of Rights of the labo ...
to a
Belarusian father and a
Latvian mother of Russian descent. Later the family moved to
Soviet-occupied Latvia.
Playing career
* - played games and goals
Honours
*
Champion of Latvia (2):
:*1994, 2006
*
Virsliga Top Scorer (1):
:* 2005
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
Latvian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Latvia men's international footballers
Latvian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus
Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia
Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
Skonto FC players
FC Slavia Mozyr players
FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players
FK Venta players
FK Ventspils players
FC Volgar Astrakhan players
FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk players
FC Vitebsk players
FC Dnepr Mogilev players
Latvian football managers
Latvian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Belarus
FC Osipovichi managers
FC Slonim-2017 managers
FC Smorgon managers
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Footballers from Bryansk Oblast