Pāvels Davidovs (born 30 December 1980) is a

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n former

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Club career

Davidovs played for FK Avots until 2000, when he started his professional career with

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in the

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. He made only one appearance through the season, being a total backup keeper. In 2002, he left

, going to a one level lower league and joining

FK Auda Futbola klubs Auda is a Latvian professional association football, football club, playing in the Latvian Higher League, the highest division of domestic football. They are based in Ķekava, near the capital Riga. Auda won their first ever major t ...

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. He played 10 matches there and in 2003 had a spell in

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with

FK Ekranas Panevėžio Ekranas is a Lithuanian football club, from the city of Panevėžys. It won 7 top-tier champion and 5 national cup titles throughout its existence. History The club was founded in 1964 and for 24 years competed in the top tier of L ...

. In 2004, he came back to

, signing a contract with

club

Dinaburg FC Dinaburg FC was a Latvian Association football, football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. In 2009 it merged with FC Daugava, FK Daugava. The club played at the Daugava Stadium (capacity 4,070). On October 5, 2009, Dinaburg was expelled f ...

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. Also this time he could not capitalize in the league and played only one match. In 2005, he returned to

and stayed there for 2 seasons, mostly being the second-choice goalkeeper, and making 17 appearances. In 2008, he joined Daugava Daugavpils. Davidovs played there for one season and played 12 matches, before joining another team from the same city –

again. He made 11 good appearances and had an offer in

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from

FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (, ) was a Belarus, Belarusian association football, football club, playing in the city of Salihorsk (Soligorsk). History The club was founded in 1961. During Soviet era, Shakhtyor Soligorsk played in the top or second ...

, that he could not reject. He played there for 2 years. In the second season he mostly played in the reserve team. At the start of 2011 he decided to terminate his contract with the club, and in March, after becoming a free agent, he signed a contract with Mash'al Mubarek, playing in the

Uzbek League Uzbekistan Super League (; ), known as Artel Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons (; ), is the top division of professional football in Uzbekistan. It is operated under the auspices of the Uzbekistan Professional Football League a ...

. He left the Uzbek side at the start of 2012, returning to Latvia and joining the

club

FC Jūrmala FC Jūrmala was a Latvian association football, football club from Jūrmala, founded in 2008. They last played in the Latvian First League. The home ground was Sloka Stadium in Jūrmala with capacity of 5,000 people. Until 2015, FC Jūrmala was o ...

. He took the first-choice keeper's spot right after joining. Playing 14 league matches at the club, he once again left – this time for the Lithuanian

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club

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. Davidovs was the first choice keeper of Sūduva for two seasons, participating in the domestic competitions and the

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. Prior to the

2014 Latvian Higher League The 2014 Latvian Higher League was the 23rd season of top-tier football in Latvia. FK Ventspils are the defending champions. The season started on 21 March 2014. Initially, Skonto Riga and Daugava Daugavpils, the second and third teams from t ...

season he moved to FK Spartaks Jūrmala. During the first half of the season he was the first-choice keeper, but during the second one mostly served as the back-up for Vitālijs Meļņičenko.

Honours

* Champion of Latvia – 2006

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davidovs, Pavels 1980 births Living people Footballers from Riga Latvian men's footballers 21st-century Latvian sportsmen Men's association football goalkeepers Latvian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan FK Ventspils players FK Auda players FK Ekranas players Dinaburg FC players FC Daugava players FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players FK Mash'al Mubarek players FC Jūrmala players FK Sūduva players FK Spartaks Jūrmala players FC Smorgon players BFC Daugavpils players Uzbekistan Super League players