Dainis Deglis is a former Latvian football

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 defender who was called the Latvian rifleman

Latvian Riflemen

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 when he played for FK Daugava Rīga

FK Daugava Riga

Previously FK Daugava 90 is a Latvian football club located in Riga and currently playing in Latvian First League. Formerly under the name Daugava the team was the headliner of Latvian football where played most of the countries top players but with the collapse of the Soviet Union the team ceased...

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Playing career

Almost his entire senior football career Deglis played for Daugava Rīga, capping more than 350 appearances for the team, quite often being the only Latvian origin player on the field (thus - the Latvian rifleman). Playing with the head was known as his strong side. In 1980-1981 he tried to secure himself a position in FC Dynamo Moscow

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 but after failing to participate in a single match for Dynamo he returned to Riga

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Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

 where under the management of Jānis Skredelis Daugava was climbing out of the hole where it had spent the late Seventies - early Eighties and two years in a row nearly earned a promotion to the top Soviet league.

Just when the results for Daugava were getting worse again Deglis moved to Zvejnieks Liepāja where he spent the 1987-1988 seasons. In 1989 he again was a player of Daugava, then for one year he played with FC KooTeePee

FC KooTeePee

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 in Finland

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