Daniils Turkovs

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Daniils Turkovs
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Turkovs playing for ZTE
Personal information
Full name Daniils Turkovs
Date of birth (1988-02-17) 17 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Jūrmala, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
JFC Skonto
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2009 Olimps/RFS 47 (9)
2010 Skonto FC 17 (8)
2011–2012 Zalaegerszegi 26 (6)
2012–2013 Ventspils 57 (23)
2014 GKS Bełchatów 17 (2)
2015 Ventspils 19 (3)
2016 Jelgava 13 (2)
2017–2018 Riga 10 (1)
International career
2004–2005 Latvia U17 6 (0)
2006 Latvia U19 3 (1)
2009–2010 Latvia U21 9 (2)
2010–2013 Latvia 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniils Turkovs (born 17 February 1988) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Club career

As a youth player, Turkovs played for Skonto FC academy, starting his professional career in 2007 with Olimps/RFS. Over a period of three seasons, Turkovs played 47 matches in the Latvian Higher League, scoring nine goals. In 2010, he was one of several Olimps/RFS players brought to Skonto FC by the newly appointed manager Aleksandrs Starkovs. He scored eight goals in 17 matches, helping the team win the championship. [1]

After the season, Turkovs went on trial with the Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Zalaegerszegi and signed a four-year contract with them in January 2011. [2] Playing in Hungary for two seasons, Turkovs appeared in 26 league matches, scoring six goals.

In March 2012, he returned to the Latvian Higher League, joining then champions Ventspils. [3] During two seasons Turkovs played 57 league games and scored 23 goals. In 2013, he helped his club become the champions of Latvia [4] and also win the Latvian Cup. [5] After the season, he was included in the sportacentrs.com team of the tournament. [6] On 9 December 2013, it was announced that Turkovs had joined the Polish I liga club GKS Bełchatów on a half-year contract. [7]

International career

Turkovs was a member of all youth national teams, including Latvia U17, Latvia U19 and Latvia U21. He made his full international debut on 17 November 2010 in a friendly match against China, starting the game in the first eleven and being replaced in the 76th minute by Vladislavs Kozlovs. [8] In total, Turkovs earned four international caps, scoring no goals. [9]

Honours

Skonto FC

Ventspils

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References

  1. ↑ "Skonto – 2010. gada LMT Virslīgas čempions". sportacentrs.com. 31 October 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Lazdiņš pagarina līgumu ar "Jelgavu", Turkovs iet Rudņeva pēdās". sportacentrs.com. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "FK "Ventspils" papildinās ar Turkovu; turpina sadarbību ar Jančuku". sportacentrs.com. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  4. ↑ ""Ventspils" uzvar Rīgā un kļūst par Latvijas čempioni". sportacentrs.com. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  5. ↑ ""Ventspils" iegūst kausu, liepājnieki zaudē trešo finālu pēc kārtas". sportacentrs.com. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Sportacentrs.com Virslīgas sezonas simboliskā izlase". sportacentrs.com. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Turkovs pievienojies Polijas pirmās līgas vicelīderiem". sportacentrs.com. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  8. ↑ LFF. "Draudzības spēle: ĶĪNA – LATVIJA 1:0". LFF.lv. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  9. ↑ LFF. "Latvijas nacionālās futbola izlases kandidāti*". LFF.lv. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
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