Sergejs Kožans | |
Birth Date: | 1986 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Republic of Latvia) |
Height: | 1.92 m |
Position: | Defender |
Youthclubs1: | JFC Skonto |
Years1: | 2005–2009 |
Clubs1: | Skonto Rīga |
Caps1: | 51 |
Goals1: | 5 |
Years2: | 2009–2012 |
Clubs2: | Lechia Gdańsk |
Caps2: | 42 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2012 |
Clubs3: | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2013 |
Clubs4: | Slavia Mozyr |
Caps4: | 5 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2013–2014 |
Caps5: | 15 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Years6: | 2014 |
Caps6: | 11 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2015 |
Caps7: | 7 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2015 |
Caps8: | 4 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Years9: | 2016 |
Caps9: | 7 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Years10: | 2016 |
Caps10: | 2 |
Goals10: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2003–2004 |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2006–2008 |
Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 2020–2021 |
Managerclubs1: | Auda |
Manageryears2: | 2022–2023 |
Managerclubs2: | Auda (assistant) |
Manageryears3: | 2023 |
Managerclubs3: | Riga (assistant) |
Manageryears4: | 2024 |
Managerclubs4: | CSKA Sofia (assistant) |
Sergejs Kožans (born 16 February 1986) is a Latvian professional football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was most recently the assistant manager of Riga.
As a youth player Kožans played for JFC Skonto, making his professional debut in 2005. He spent 4 years playing for Skonto Riga in the Latvian Higher League, all in all making 51 appearances and scoring 5 goals. In 2009, alongside his team-mate Ivans Lukjanovs, Kožans joined the Polish Ekstraklasa side Lechia Gdańsk.[1] In his first season with Lechia Kožans played 18 matches and scored 1 goal. All in all he spent three seasons in the Ekstraklasa, playing 42 matches and scoring 1 goal. On 24 May 2012 it was announced that Kožans would leave the club.[2] He became an unrestricted free agent, and on 13 October 2012 joined the Belarusian Premier League club Shakhtyor Soligorsk, signing a contract until the end of the season. They finished the 2012 Belarusian Premier League season as the runners-up.[3] In March 2013 Kožans joined the fellow league club Slavia Mozyr. He played 5 league matches for the club, but then left because of personal reasons. In August 2013 Kožans returned to his former club Skonto Rīga in the Latvian Higher League.[4] In August 2014 he left the club because of its financial difficulties and unpaid wages, having played 15 league matches and scored 2 goals. On 7 August 2014 it was announced that Kožans would join the Polish second tier club GKS Tychy.[5]
From 2003 to 2004, Kožans played for Latvia U17 and from 2006 to 2008 he was a member of Latvia U21 squad. However, he has not been capped for the senior side.
In January 2023, Kožans returned to Riga as a first-team coach.[6]
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