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Jevgēņijs Kosmačovs (born 18 February 1988) is a Latvian former professional
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who played as a
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.


Club career

Born in
Tukums Tukums (; ; ) is a town in Latvia and serves as the administrative center of Tukums Municipality. It is located in the eastern part of the historical region of Courland, and with more than 16,000 inhabitants Tukums is the 13th largest settlem ...
, Western Latvia, Kosmačovs began his career with hometown side
FK Tukums 2000 FK Tukums 2000 is Latvian professional football club located in Tukums. Since its foundation, the club has been training young boys and girls. In 2007 the club formed a men's team that could play in the second-highest division of Latvian footbal ...
in their youth team. In 2005, he made his debut for them playing in the
Latvian First League The Latvian First League () is the second tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation. Since 2021, its full name is Nākotnes Līga (''Future League''). History The league was founded together with other Latv ...
. In 2006 Kosmačovs joined
Latvian Higher League Latvian Higher League or Virslīga, also known as TonyBet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Latvia and the highest level of the Latvian football league system. Organised by the Latvian Footbal ...
side
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 ...
, making four appearances in the 2006 season, as they were crowned the champions. He made 14 appearances in
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, scoring one goal as Ventspils were again the champions of Latvia. That year Kosmačovs also managed to win the
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with the team. The
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season saw him make 16 appearances, scoring one goal, helping his team become the champions for 3 consecutive seasons. In the following season he already played 24 times, scoring one goal, as Ventspils finished as the runners-up to Liepājas Metalurgs. In 2009 Kosmačovs was named the best young (U-21) player in Latvia. In the 2009–2010 season Jevgēņijs also participated in the
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group stages. In January 2010 it was reported that Kosmačovs, along with fellow Ventspils teammate, Aleksandrs Solovjovs was on trial at English
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side,
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. On 28 January it was claimed that Blackpool had made an offer to sign Kosmačovs. It was later reported that, despite the offer made by Blackpool for Kosmačovs, they could not agree a deal with Ventspils. Later he was also taken on trial to the
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club
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by the former Ventspils coach
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. In the 2010 season Kosmačovs played 18 matches, without scoring goals, and managed to become the
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champion, as Ventspils beat the Lithuanian club
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in the final. In 2011 Kosmačovs appeared in 28 league matches and scored 2 goals, becoming the champion of Latvia for the 4th time in his career. On 2 February 2012 Kosmačovs was loaned out to the
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club
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until the summer of 2012. He scored 1 goal in 10 league matches for the club. After returning from loan, Kosmačovs was sold to the
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club Shakhtyor Soligorsk. He helped the team finish as the runners-up of the 2012 season. In February 2013 Kosmačovs returned to the Latvian Higher League, signing a contract with Spartaks Jūrmala. Having played 5 matches, he was released in May 2013. In July 2013 Kosmačovs joined his previous club Tukums 2000, playing in the
Latvian First League The Latvian First League () is the second tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation. Since 2021, its full name is Nākotnes Līga (''Future League''). History The league was founded together with other Latv ...
. Before the start of the 2014 season Kosmačovs returned to the Latvian Higher League, joining
Daugava Daugavpils FC Daugava was a Latvian football club, based at the Daugava Stadium, in the city of Daugavpils. It was founded as FC Ditton in 2001. They lastly played in the Latvian Second League in 2015. They were one of two simultaneous clubs with the nam ...
. He became the club's top scorer of the season with 12 goals in 31 matches. Since then Kosmačovs has played for clubs in
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and
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.


International career

Kosmačovs was a member of Latvia U21 from 2007 to 2010. In this period of time, he participated in 11 matches, scoring 3 goals. Jevgēņijs made his debut for
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on 6 February 2007 in a friendly match against
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, coming on as a substitute in the 87th minute. The game took place in
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,
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. He was yet again called up in 2010.


Honours

Ventspils *
Latvian Higher League Latvian Higher League or Virslīga, also known as TonyBet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Latvia and the highest level of the Latvian football league system. Organised by the Latvian Footbal ...
:
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,
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
,
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
,
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
*
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: 2007,
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*
Baltic League The Baltic League (officially known as the Triobet Baltic League) was a Baltic men's football club tournament held four times between the top club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Launched in 2007 inspired by the now defunct Scandinavi ...
: 2009–10 Individual *
Latvian Higher League Latvian Higher League or Virslīga, also known as TonyBet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Latvia and the highest level of the Latvian football league system. Organised by the Latvian Footbal ...
Best Under-21 Player:
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kosmacovs, Jevgenijs 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Tukums Latvian people of Russian descent Men's association football midfielders Latvian men's footballers Latvia men's international footballers FK Ventspils players FC Sevastopol players FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players FK Spartaks Jūrmala players FC Daugava players Latvian Higher League players Ukrainian First League players Belarusian Premier League players III liga players Oberliga (football) players Latvian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Germany