Pavels Davidovs
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Pāvels Davidovs is a football
Football (soccer)
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 goalkeeper from Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

, currently playing for Mash'al Mubarek
Mash'al Mubarek
FK Mash'al Mubarek is an Uzbeki football club based in Mubarek, Uzbekistan.-Performance in AFC competitions:* AFC Champions League: 1 appearance-Current squad: -Transfers 2011:...

 in the Uzbek League
Uzbek League
The Uzbekistan Professional Football League , is the top division of football in Uzbekistan, and is operated under the auspices of the Uzbekistan Football Federation.-Soviet time champions:*1926 : FC Tashkent*1927 : FC Tashkent*1928 : FC Fergana...

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Club Career

Davidovs played for FK Avots until 2000, when he started his professional career with FK Ventspils
FK Ventspils
FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament....

 in the Latvian Higher League. Unfortunately, the youngster made only one appearance through the season, being a total backup keeper. In 2002 he left FK Ventspils
FK Ventspils
FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament....

, going to a one level lower league and joining FK Auda in Riga
Riga
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. He played 10 matches there and in 2003 had a spell in Lithuania
Lithuania
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 with FK Ekranas
FK Ekranas
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. In 2004 he came back to Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

, signing a contract with Latvian Higher League club Dinaburg FC
Dinaburg FC
Dinaburg FC was a Latvian football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. In 2009 it merged with FK Daugava. The club plays at the Daugava Stadium . In October 2009 the club was eliminated from Virsliga and also from The Baltic League, because of suspicion about totalizator playing at the club...

 in Daugavpils
Daugavpils
Daugavpils is a city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. Daugavpils literally means "Daugava Castle". With a population of over 100,000, it is the second largest city in the country after the capital Riga, which is located some...

. Also this time he couldn't capitalize in the league and played only one match. In 2005 he returned to FK Ventspils
FK Ventspils
FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament....

 and stayed there for 2 seasons, mostly being the second-choice goalkeeper, and making 17 appearances. In 2008 he joined Daugava Daugavpils. Davidovs played there for one season and played 12 matches, before joining anorher team from the same city - Dinaburg FC
Dinaburg FC
Dinaburg FC was a Latvian football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. In 2009 it merged with FK Daugava. The club plays at the Daugava Stadium . In October 2009 the club was eliminated from Virsliga and also from The Baltic League, because of suspicion about totalizator playing at the club...

 again. He made 11 good appearances and had an offer in Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

 from FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk, that he couldn't reject. He played there for 2 years. In the first season he was an absolute nr. 1 keeper for the team, but the second season didn't go on so well, as he mostly had to play in the reserve team, not to lose his form. At the start of 2011 he decided to terminate his contract with the club, and in March, after becoming a free agent, he signed a contract with Mash'al Mubarek
Mash'al Mubarek
FK Mash'al Mubarek is an Uzbeki football club based in Mubarek, Uzbekistan.-Performance in AFC competitions:* AFC Champions League: 1 appearance-Current squad: -Transfers 2011:...

, playing in the Uzbek League
Uzbek League
The Uzbekistan Professional Football League , is the top division of football in Uzbekistan, and is operated under the auspices of the Uzbekistan Football Federation.-Soviet time champions:*1926 : FC Tashkent*1927 : FC Tashkent*1928 : FC Fergana...

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