Sergejs Kožans
 Kožans playing for Skonto Rīga | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 February 1986 | ||
| Place of birth |
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Republic of Latvia) | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | GKS Tychy | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| JFC Skonto | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2009 | Skonto Rīga | 51 | (5) |
| 2009–2012 | Lechia Gdańsk | 42 | (1) |
| 2012 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | Slavia-Mozyr | 5 | (0) |
| 2013-2014 | Skonto Rīga | 15 | (2) |
| 2014- | GKS Tychy | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003-2004 | Latvia U-17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Latvia U-21 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 September 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 September 2014 | |||
Sergejs Kožans (born 16 February 1986 in Riga) is a Latvian football defender, who is currently playing for GKS Tychy in the Polish First League.
Club career
As a youth player Kožans played for JFC Skonto, making his professional debut in 2005. He spent 4 years playing for Skonto Riga in the Latvian Higher League, all in all making 51 appearances and scoring 5 goals. In 2009, alongside his team-mate Ivans Lukjanovs, Kožans joined the Polish Ekstraklasa side Lechia Gdańsk.[1] In his first season with Lechia Kožans played 18 matches and scored 1 goal. All in all he spent three seasons in the Ekstraklasa, playing 42 matches and scoring 1 goal. On 24 May 2012 it was announced that Kožans would leave the club.[2] He became an unrestricted free agent, and on 13 October 2012 joined the Belarusian Premier League club Shakhtyor Soligorsk, signing a contract until the end of the season. They finished the 2012 Belarusian Premier League season as the runners-up.[3] In March 2013 Kožans joined the fellow league club Slavia-Mozyr. He played 5 league matches for the club, but then left because of personal reasons. In August 2013 Kožans returned to his former club Skonto Rīga in the Latvian Higher League.[4] In August 2014 he left the club because of its financial difficulties and unpaid wages, having played 15 league matches and scored 2 goals. On 7 August 2014 it was announced that Kožans would join the Polish First League club GKS Tychy.[5]
International career
From 2003 to 2004 Kožans played for Latvia U-17 and from 2006 to 2008 he was a member of Latvia U-21 squad. However, he has not been capped for the senior side yet.
References
- ^ http://www.diena.lv/lat/laikraksts/sports/lukjanovs-un-kozans-paraksta
- ^ http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/legionari/24052012-lukjanovs_un_kozans_pamet_gdanskas_lechia
- ^ http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/legionari/25112012-verpakovskis_nespele_pereplotkins_nopelna
- ^ http://www.skontofc.com/?zina=397
- ^ http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/legionari/07082014-no_skonto_aizgajusais_kozans_karjeru_turp?is_mobile=0
External links
- Sergejs Kožans at Soccerway
- footballdatabase.eu profile
- Use dmy dates from December 2010
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Latvian footballers
- Sportspeople from Riga
- Latvian people of Russian descent
- Skonto FC players
- Lechia Gdańsk players
- FC Shakhtsyor Salihorsk players
- FC Slavia-Mozyr players
- GKS Tychy players
- Latvian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
- Latvian expatriates in Poland
- Ekstraklasa players
- Expatriate footballers in Belarus