Aleksandrs Basovs

Aleksandrs Basovs
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-10-24) 24 October 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Team information
Current team
Latvia (manager)
Youth career
1985–1994 Rīgas Futbola skola
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993 FK Pārdaugava 1 (0)
1994 FK Kvadrāts
1995-1996 ASK-Flaminko
International career
1992-1993 Latvia U17 6 (0)
1995 Latvia U19 1 (0)
Managerial career
2000–2001 Rīgas Futbola skola (youth)
2002–2008 Skonto FC (youth)
2006-2008 Latvia U17 (assistant)
2008–2011 FC Lokomotiv Moscow (youth)
2012–2015 FC Strogino Moscow (youth)
2013 FC Strogino Moscow
2015 SK Super Nova (youth)
2016–2018 Latvia U19
2019-2020 Latvia U17/U16
2019– Latvia U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksandrs Basovs (born 24 October 1977) is a Latvian football coach. Since January 2020, he has been the head coach of the Latvian U-21 football team. He was born in Riga.

Player career

Aleksandrs Basovs started his first football training at the Riga Football School. At the age of 15, he made his debut in the 1993 Latvian Higher League season as part of FK Pārdaugava against FK Auseklis, coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute.[1] It was the only game at the highest level as a player, as a cruciate ligament rupture ended his football career. Until then, he was also a player for the U-17 and U-19 national teams.

Coaching career

After ending his playing career prematurely, he began working as a youth coach in Latvia and Russia. While coaching in both Russia and Latvia, Basovs helped various teams achieve victories in different tournaments. In 2015, he returned to Latvia at the invitation of the Latvian Football Federation to lead the Latvian youth national teams. Aleksandrs Basovs holds a UEFA PRO license, the highest-level coaching certificate in UEFA member states, allowing him to coach top-division football clubs in any European country and participate in UEFA club and international competitions. In the 2017/2018 season, he reached the Elite Round with the U-19 national team, finishing in 10th place.[2]

Honors

  • Baltic U-21 Cup
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions (2): 2022, 2024
  • Baltic U-19 Cup
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions (2): 2016, 2018

References

  1. ^ "FK Auseklis - FK Pārdaugava 1993 Latvian Higher League". LFF.lv. LFF. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  2. ^ Krīgers, Renārs. "Latvijas futbola piramīdas pēdējās pieturas treneris - Aleksandrs Basovs". LFF.lv. LFF. Retrieved 14 February 2024.