Nikolajs Jermakovs is a former Soviet Latvian football

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 striker

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Playing biography

After winning the Latvian league with Elektrospludžu rūpnīca

Energija Riga

Enerģija Rīga was a Soviet Latvian football club from Riga, a four-time winner of the Latvian league. It went bankrupt together with the factory that supported it in early 1990s.-History:...

 in 1966, Jermakovs joined the strongest Latvian football club - 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...

 at the age of 19. With Daugava he played in more than 100 matches in the Soviet first league. In July 1966 he joined Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev

FC Krylya Sovetov Samara

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 which played in the Soviet Top League

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 but didn't make a single appearance there and decided to return to Daugava. Later he played a half season with Topedo Kuibyshev. Jermakovs did score his share of goals for Daugava but he never shared the popularity of his partners in attack - Gunārs Ulmanis

Gunars Ulmanis

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 and Georgijs Smirnovs

Georgijs Smirnovs

Georgijs Smirnovs is a former Latvian footballer and football manager. In 2006 Latvian Football Federation selected Smirnovs as one of the 11 greatest footballers in the first 100 years of football in Latvia.-Biography:...

. He ended playing on a top level at the age of 25 (after the 1971) season and played a couple more years in the Latvian league with VEF Rīga becoming league champion in 1973-1975.