Pāvels Koļcovs (born 1 September 1982) is a

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defender, currently playing for BFC Daugava 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 ...

. He previously played for

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 ...

but after the club's relegation from

Virsliga 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 Football ...

, he became an unrestricted free agent and joined

FC Daugava 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 na ...

. In July 2010, he left Daugava, signing for FK Jaunība from

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, after the season he was released. In April 2011, he joined

newcomers

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 ...

, but was released in July and joined BFC Daugava. Before the start of the 2012 season, Koļcovs moved to the

newcomers Ilūkstes NSS. He played 21 matches for them, scoring 2 goals, helping his team clinch a promotion to the

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. He left the team after the 2012 season to join the

club BFC Daugava. Koļcovs had a brief spell with

FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk FC Novokuznetsk (Russian: ФК Новокузнецк) is a Russian football club from Novokuznetsk. Recent history MKN were relegated to the Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football Lea ...

in the

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during the 2003 season.

Playing career

* – played games and goals

References

1982 births Living people Footballers from Daugavpils Latvian men's footballers 21st-century Latvian sportsmen Dinaburg FC players Latvian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Russia FC Jūrmala players Men's association football defenders Augšdaugavas NSS players FC Novokuznetsk players {{Latvia-footy-bio-stub