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Nikolajs Kozačuks
Personal information
Full name Nikolajs Kozačuks
Date of birth (1985-08-07) 7 August 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Ventspils, Latvian SSR, USSR
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Górnik Łęczna
Number 44
Youth career
FK Ventspils
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 FK Ventspils 18 (1)
2007 FC Vítkovice 8 (0)
2007–2008 FK Vindava 40 (18)
2009 FK Tukums 2000 7 (2)
2009 Olimpik-Shuvalan PFC 10 (0)
2010 FC Tranzit 9 (2)
2010–2011 Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon 9 (0)
2011 Ahva Arraba 15 (2)
2011 FK Ventspils 7 (0)
2012–2013 Daugava Rīga 9 (0)
2013– Górnik Łęczna 29 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 February 2015

Nikolajs Kozačuks (born 7 August 1985 in Ventspils) is a Latvian football midfielder, currently playing for the Polish club Górnik Łęczna.

Club career

As a youth player Nikolajs Kozačuks played for his local club FK Ventspils, being included in the first team squad for the 2003 season. The youngster played there till 2006 and during these 4 seasons was mainly used in the reserve team, although in the 2005 season he played 13 first team matches in the Latvian Higher League. During his time with FK Ventspils Kozačuks helped the club win the Latvian Cup for 3 seasons in a row.[1] In January 2007 he moved to the Czech 2. Liga, signing a contract with FC Vítkovice. He played 8 matches for the club and left it at the end of the season, joining the Latvian First League club FK Vindava in July 2007. Scoring 10 goals, he helped the club win the league and earn a straight promotion to the Latvian Higher League.[2] In the 2008 season he was the club's top scorer with 8 league goals as the club finished the season in the 8th position of the league table.[3] As FK Vindava refused to play in the Latvian Higher League for the upcoming season, Kozačuks started the 2009 season with the Latvian First League club FK Tukums 2000.[4] In July 2009 he moved to the Azerbaijan Premier League club Olimpik-Shuvalan, signing a two-year contract.[5] Failing to establish himself as a first eleven player, at the start of 2010 Kozačuks returned to Ventspils, signing a contract with the Latvian Higher League club FC Tranzit. In summer 2010 he moved to the Israeli Liga Leumit and joined Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon. Kozačuks changed clubs within the league in February 2011, when he was transferred to Ahva Arraba. In July 2011 he returned to his local club FK Ventspils before the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League campaign.[6] Kozačuks was included in the entry for the 2012 season of Daugava Rīga, but did not appear in a single match throughout the season. In 2013, he became a first eleven player, appearing in 9 league matches. In July 2013 Kozačuks moved to the Polish I liga club Górnik Łęczna.[7]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Latvian Cup final results". lff.lv. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  2. ^ "1. līgā triumfē "Vindava"". sportacentrs.com. 2007-11-03. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  3. ^ ""Skonto" pārbaudīs Kozačuku". sportacentrs.com. 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  4. ^ ""Vindava" atsakās no spēlēšanas Virslīgā". sportacentrs.com. 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  5. ^ "Kārtējais Latvijas futbolists nobāzējas Azerbaidžānā". sportacentrs.com. 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  6. ^ "Virslīgas klubu sastāvu izmaiņas vasaras pāreju periodā". sportacentrs.com. 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  7. ^ "Nikolajs Kozačuks karjeru turpinās Polijas 1.līgā". sportacentrs.com. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
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