Daniils Turkovs is a Latvian footballer

Football (soccer)

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 who currently plays for Soproni Liga club Zalaegerszegi TE

Zalaegerszegi TE

Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet is a Hungarian football team from the city of Zalaegerszeg.ZTE traces its roots back to 1912, at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its first match was a 4-2 defeat to a team from Vasvár. The team was first composed of members of a literary and debating society...

 in Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 and Latvia football team

Latvia national football team

The Latvian national football team is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia and represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. So far, they have never qualified for a FIFA World...

.

Club career

Turkovs started his professional career in 2006 with Olimps/RFS. He played for the team until 2008, when he was released. He had played 35 matches and scored 2 goals in this period of time. Looking for a new club was unsuccessful, so Turkovs signed for Olimps/RFS one more time in 2009. This year-long spell together with the team was more successful - 7 goals in 12 matches. In 2010 he was one of the Olimps/RFS players to be taken to Skonto FC

Skonto FC

Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team...

. The following season was very good - 8 goals in 17 matches. After the successful season Turkovs went on trial with Zalaegerszegi TE

Zalaegerszegi TE

Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet is a Hungarian football team from the city of Zalaegerszeg.ZTE traces its roots back to 1912, at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its first match was a 4-2 defeat to a team from Vasvár. The team was first composed of members of a literary and debating society...

 and signed a four-year contract with them at the start of 2011. In his first season he played 13 matches, scoring 4 goals.

International career

Turkovs has represented 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...

 in all youth levels. Since 2009 he has been playing for Latvia U-21

Latvia national under-21 football team

The Latvia national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Latvia and is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body of football in Latvia. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...

. On November 17 in a friendly match against China

China national football team

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 he made his debut for Latvia

Latvia national football team

The Latvian national football team is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia and represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. So far, they have never qualified for a FIFA World...

 at full-international level.

External links

• Player's profile transfermarkt.co.uk.