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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1955-07-26)26 July 1955 (age 69) | ||
| Place of birth | Madona,Latvian SSR,Soviet Union (nowRepublic of Latvia) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1975 | RPI Madona | ||
| 1975–1977 | Daugava Rīga | ||
| 1977–1978 | Dynamo Moscow | 0 | (0) |
| 1978–1989 | Daugava Rīga | 417 | (189) |
| International career | |||
| 1979 | Latvia amateur | 6 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1990–1993 | FK Daugava Rīga (assistant) | ||
| 1992–1994 | Latvia U-21 | ||
| 1993–2004 | Skonto FC | ||
| 1995–2001 | Latvia (assistant) | ||
| 2001–2004 | Latvia | ||
| 2004–2006 | Spartak Moscow | ||
| 2006–2007 | Skonto FC (sporting director) | ||
| 2007–2013 | Latvia | ||
| 2010–2011 | Skonto FC | ||
| 2011–2012 | FC Baku | ||
| 2016–2017 | Latvia (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Latvia | ||
| 2019 | Liepāja | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Aleksandrs Starkovs (born 26 July 1955) is a Latvianfootballcoach and a former player. Most recently he coachedFK Liepāja.
Starkovs has managed clubs such asSpartak Moscow in Russia,FK Baku in Azerbaijan andSkonto FC in Latvia. He had three stints with theLatvia national team.
Starkovs started playing football in Madona where he played for the localOlimpija Madona playing for which he was selected the bestforward of the 1969 LatviaLeather ball tournament. In 1975 Starkovs joinedFK Daugava Rīga. In 1978 Starkovs went toFC Dynamo Moscow but it was not the right team for him, so soon Starkovs was back in Riga. However his best years were still to come - in 1980s Starkovs was one of the best snipers of the Soviet first league, scoring over a hundred goals for Daugava.
In November 2003, to celebrateUEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as theGolden Player of Latvia by theLatvian Football Federation as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.[1]
As a team manager Starkovs made his name withSkonto FC which he brought to innumerable Latvian championships. He also worked with theLatvia U21 national team and in 2001 he was appointed the general manager ofLatvia national team. He took over the Latvia national team after its disastrous performance in2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and lead the team to its biggest success ever, qualifying forEuro 2004 with a victory overWorld Cup bronze medalistTurkey.
After his success as the national team coach, he joinedSpartak Moscow winning the silver medal of the Russian league in 2005, but in April 2006 he was forced to quit due to total obstruction from the team's fans and a conflict with former team captainDmitri Alenichev.
Starkovs returned to Latvia in 2007 and took over the Latvia national team, which had been struggling underJurijs Andrejevs.
In late 2009 Starkovs accepted the offer to manageSkonto FC and officially became the manager of the club in January 2010 asPaul Ashworth left. His return was explicitly successful as he managed to win the league. In January 2011 Starkovs left Skonto FC, signing a contract in Azerbaijan withFC Baku. Besides the work with theAzerbaijan Premier League club he still remained the manager of Latvia national team.
Following series of unsuccessful matches Starkovs left his position on 15 July 2013, being replaced by the formerSouthampton F.C. starMarians Pahars.[1] Having been linked with potential moves to various clubs and national teams over time, Starkovs, though, has not taken office at any of them, stating he is "waiting for an interesting offer football-wise".[2] He is currently working at theLatvian Football Federation as the director of the National teams.
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