Arvīds Bārda was a 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...

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Football (soccer)

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, brother of Edvīns Bārda

Edvins Barda

Edvīns Bārda was a Latvian footballer and manager, the elder and most popular of four football playing Bārda brothers.-Biography:...

, Rūdolfs Bārda

Rudolfs Barda

Rūdolfs Bārda was a Latvian footballer, brother of Edvīns Bārda, Arvīds Bārda and Oskars Bārda.-Biography:...

 and Oskars Bārda.

Biography

Arvīds Bārda started his football career in 1921 when he along with his brothers joined JKS Riga - the strongest Latvian football club at the time, he played with the side in 1921 and 1922. In early 1923 Arvīds Bārda joined the newly founded RFK

Rigas FK

Riga FK was a Latvian football club which was founded December 14, 1923. It was the strongest and most popular Latvian football club in 1920s and 1930s, it was also the base team for Latvia national football team in its early years...

 - the leader in Latvian football in the years to follow. Along with his brother Edvīns

Edvins Barda

Edvīns Bārda was a Latvian footballer and manager, the elder and most popular of four football playing Bārda brothers.-Biography:...

 he was selected to play in the first ever international match for Latvia on 24 September 1922. In total between 1922 and 1924 Edvīns Bārda played seven international matches for Latvia scoring two goals. He was a member of Latvia football team at the 1924 Summer Olympics

1924 Summer Olympics

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Bārda played with RFK from 1923 to 1926 winning three Latvian league titles. After retiring from playing he continued to participate in football matches as a referee.

In 1933 Arvīds Bārda participated in a match of club veterans against the RFK youth squad to celebrate the 10th anniversary of RFK

Rigas FK

Riga FK was a Latvian football club which was founded December 14, 1923. It was the strongest and most popular Latvian football club in 1920s and 1930s, it was also the base team for Latvia national football team in its early years...

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Arvīds Bārda died from an illness before reaching the age of forty in 1940.