Jurijs Ševļakovs (born 24 January 1959 in

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) is a former Latvian football defender, now a football manager.

Club playing career

His player career began in

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where he played a couple of games in the reserves team but could not achieve more and left

. In 1981, he joined his first senior team - Cement Novorossiysk. After one year in

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Ševļakovs moved to FK Daugava Rīga where he played until 1990 making more than 330 appearances for the club. In 1991, he went to his first team outside the former USSR -

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in Finland. After three seasons in Finland he returned to Latvia and joined the strongest Latvian team at the time - FC Skonto and won the gold of

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four times in a row. He was selected the best Latvian footballer of the year in 1997.

National team playing career

When in 1992

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started again Ševļakovs became one of the key players in it. Until the very end of his career Ševļakovs was the captain of the national team. One of his best games for Latvia came in a 2–0 home victory against

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in 1997 when Ševļakovs scored both goals for Latvia. Despite his senior age for high level football Ševļakovs made 44 appearances for Latvia and was considered one of the countries most reliable defenders until the end of his playing career.

Coaching career

After finishing his career as player Ševļakovs instantly moved to coaching. His first squad was the reserves of FC Skonto, later he became assistant manager of Latvia U21 under

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, after Andrejevs was elected

manager, Ševļakovs succeeded him as manager of U21. Currently Ševļakovs is assistant manager of FC Skonto and Latvia national team.

Honours

Latvian Footballer of the Year Latvian Footballer of the Year is an association football award for Latvia. It is held by the Latvian Football Federation. Since 2005, there has also been an award for the top female player. Women's winners Men's winners See also *List ...

- 1997 * Champion of Latvia - 4 (1994-1997) *

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winner - 2 (1995, 1997) * Best defender in the Latvian championship - 3 (1994-1996)

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