Igors Sļesarčuks (, born 31 March 1976) is a

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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

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, 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

and playing for

Latvia national football team The Latvia national football team () represents Latvia in men's international Association football, football, and is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia. They have never qualified for the FIF ...

some time ago, he received a

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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

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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

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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 {{Latvia-footy-bio-stub Footballers from Bryansk Oblast