Sergejs Kožans

Sergejs Kožans (born 16 February 1986 in Riga) is a Latvian football defender, who most recently played for Riga FC.

Sergejs Kožans
Kožans playing for Skonto Rīga
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-02-16) 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
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 11 (0)
2015 Šiauliai 7 (0)
2015 Bytovia Bytów 4 (0)
2016 Spartaks Jūrmala 7 (0)
2016 Riga FC 2 (0)
National team‡
2003–2004 Latvia U-17 3 (0)
2006–2008 Latvia U-21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 September 2014

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
  1. http://www.diena.lv/lat/laikraksts/sports/lukjanovs-un-kozans-paraksta
  2. http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/legionari/24052012-lukjanovs_un_kozans_pamet_gdanskas_lechia
  3. http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/legionari/25112012-verpakovskis_nespele_pereplotkins_nopelna
  4. http://www.skontofc.com/?zina=397
  5. http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/legionari/07082014-no_skonto_aizgajusais_kozans_karjeru_turp?is_mobile=0
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