Personal information | |||
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Full name | Viktors Morozs | ||
Date of birth | 30 July 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Vangaži, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Republic of Latvia) | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FK RFS (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Valmiera | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–1999 | Valmiera | 5 | (0) |
1999–2000 | Skonto Riga | 9 | (1) |
2000 | Valmiera | 4 | (0) |
2001–2008 | Skonto Rīga | 137 | (15) |
2008–2010 | CSKA Sofia | 22 | (2) |
2010–2011 | Atromitos Yeroskipou | 23 | (7) |
2011–2012 | PAEEK | 23 | (3) |
2012–2013 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 37 | (5) |
2013 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 12 | (2) |
2014 | Skonto Rīga | 32 | (4) |
International career | |||
2002–2014 | Latvia | 24 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2017–2019 | BFC Daugavpils (assistant) | ||
2020– | RFS | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Viktors Morozs (born 30 July 1980) is a Latvian football coach and former player (midfielder). He is currently the manager of Latvian Higher League side, RFS.
Morozs started his career in Valmiera. Between 2001 and 2008 he played in 122 matches for Skonto Riga and scored 15 goals. On 3 August 2008 he signed for two years with Bulgarian champions CSKA Sofia. [1] In summer 2010 he was released from the team, and after a 2 months long period of being in a free agent's status, he signed a single-year contract with Atromitos Yeroskipou, playing in the Cypriot Second Division. In 2011 Morozs moved to the Cypriot Second Division club PAEEK. Before the start of the 2012 season he returned to Latvia, joining the Latvian Higher League club Spartaks Jūrmala. [2] As the club's captain, during 2 seasons Morozs played 37 league matches and scored 5 goals. In July 2013 he was released. [3] In August 2013 Morozs joined the Belarusian Premier League club Naftan Novopolotsk. [4] In March 2014 the Latvian Higher League club Skonto Rīga announced the signing of Viktors Morozs, as he returned to the club he had already played for from 2001 to 2008. [5]
Morozs made his debut for Latvia in a friendly match against Azerbaijan on 6 July 2002. He has played 22 international matches, scoring no goals. In October 2014 Morozs was recalled to the national team for the EURO 2016 qualification matches against Iceland and Turkey for the first time since March 2007. [6]
1997 | Valmiera | Virsliga 1st level | 1/0 |
1998 | Valmiera | Virsliga 1st level | 0/0 |
1999 | Valmiera | Virsliga 1st level | 0/0 |
Skonto | Virsliga 1st level | 1/0 | |
2000 | Skonto | Virsliga 1st level | 8/1 |
Valmiera | Virsliga 1st level | 4/0 | |
2001 | Skonto | Virsliga 1st level | 16/0 |
2002 | Skonto | Virsliga 1st level | 21/5 |
2003 | Skonto | Virsliga 1st level | 9/1 |
2004 | Skonto | Virsliga 1st level | 14/2 |
2005 | Skonto | Virsliga 1st level | 19/3 |
2006 | Skonto | Virslīga 1st level | 18/1 |
2007 | Skonto | Virslīga 1st level | 25/3 |
2008–09 | CSKA | A PFG 1st level | 11/2 |
2009–10 | CSKA | A PFG 1st level | 11/0 |
2010–11 | Atromitos | Cypriot Second Division 2nd level | 23/7 |
2011–12 | PAEEK FC | Cypriot Second Division 2nd level | 23/3 |
2012 | Spartaks | Latvian Higher League 1st level | 24/3 |
2013 | Spartaks | Latvian Higher League 1st level | 13/2 |
2013 | Naftan | Belarusian Premier League 1st level | 12/2 |
2014 | Skonto | Latvian Higher League 1st level | 32/4 |
* - played games and goals
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