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Ēriks Pētersons

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Ēriks Pētersons
Personal information
Full name Ēriks Pētersons
Date of birth (1909-10-07)7 October 1909
Place of birth Riga, Latvia
Date of death 29 June 1987(1987-06-29) (aged 77)
Place of death Michigan, United States of America
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929-1940 Rīgas FK
International career
1929-1939 Latvia 63 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ēriks Pētersons (1909–1987) was Latvian footballer and ice hockey player. Between 1929 and 1939 he played 63 international matches and scored 21 goals for Latvian national team. He also played in the Latvian national ice hockey team, where he appeared in eight matches. After World War II Pētersons moved to United States.

Biography

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Ēriks Pētersons was first noticed in 1928 when he moved from a third league team directly to the strongest football club in Latvia, Rīgas FK. He started as a center forward but soon changed his position on the field to central midfield in which he still retained his goal scoring abilities. All his career Pētersons played for a single club, RFK. He was the most capped Latvia international footballer before World War II, participating in 63 of the total 99 matches Latvia played in this time period. He was also the country's best international goalscorer of the 20th century. In 2007, Māris Verpakovskis overtook him in the all-time Latvia scoring list. His last football match in Latvia was in the 1939–1940 season against Olimpija Liepāja as he did not play neither during the first Soviet, nor the German occupation of Latvia. After the war, Pētersons moved to the United States where he played for the Swedish football club Chicago Viking. In 2006 Pētersons was selected as one of the 11 greatest Latvian footballers of the 20th century and by many he is considered the all-time best Latvian footballer.[citation needed]

International Goals

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Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pētersons goal.
List of international goals scored by Ēriks Pētersons
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 15 September 1929 Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland  Finland 1-3 1-3 Friendly [1]
2 4 August 1930 Jānis Skredelis' stadium, Riga, Latvia  Finland 1-0 3-0 Friendly [2]
3 16 August 1930 Makabi Stadionas, Kaunas, Lithuania  Estonia 1-0 3-2 1930 Baltic Cup [3]
4 17 August 1930 Kariuomenės Stadionas, Kaunas, Lithuania  Lithuania 1-1 3-3 1930 Baltic Cup [4]
5 2-2
6 3-2
7 30 June 1931 L.S.B. Stadions, Riga, Latvia  Lithuania 1-0 5-2 Friendly [5]
8 2-0
9 3-2
10 4-2
11 31 August 1931 Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia  Lithuania 1-0 1-0 1931 Baltic Cup [6]
12 24 June 1932 Stadions Olimpija, Liepāja, Latvia  Lithuania 1-0 2-1 Friendly [7]
13 28 August 1932 Jānis Skredelis' stadium, Riga, Latvia  Lithuania 1-1 4-1 1932 Baltic Cup [8]
14 28 May 1933 Jānis Skredelis' stadium, Riga, Latvia  Estonia 2-0 2-0 Friendly [9]
15 12 June 1933 Jānis Skredelis' stadium, Riga, Latvia  Lithuania 1-0 6-2 Friendly [10]
16 4-2
17 5-2
18 4 July 1933 Jānis Skredelis' stadium, Riga, Latvia  Sweden 1-1 1-1 Friendly [11]
19 4 September 1933 Kariuomenės Stadionas, Kaunas, Lithuania  Lithuania 1-1 2-2 1933 Baltic Cup [12]
20 2-2
21 22 August 1935 Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia 1-1 1-1 1935 Baltic Cup [13]
22 8 September 1935 Kariuomenės Stadionas, Kaunas, Lithuania  Lithuania 2-2 2-2 Friendly [14]
23 15 September 1935 Stadion Miejski im. Władysława Króla, Łódź, Poland  Poland 2-0 3-3 Friendly [15]
24 6 September 1936 Jānis Skredelis' stadium, Riga, Latvia  Poland 3-1 3-3 Friendly [16]

References

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  1. ^ "Finland vs Latvia international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Latvia vs Finland international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Latvia vs Estonia international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Lithuania vs Latvia international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Latvia vs Lithuania international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Latvia vs Lithuania international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Latvia vs Lithuania international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Latvia vs Lithuania international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Estonia vs Latvia international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Latvia vs Lithuania international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Latvia vs Sweden international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Lithuania vs Latvia international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Estonia vs Latvia international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Lithuania vs Latvia international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Poland vs Latvia international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Latvia vs Poland international football match report". Retrieved 15 April 2024.