Alberts Šeibelis
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Alberts Šeibelis (26 December 1906 – 12 April 1972) was a Latvian footballer, one of the most popular Latvian footballers in the era before World War II. In 54 matches for Latvia he scored 14 goals
Biography
Šeibelis was born in the provincial town
Baltic States for several years. In 1928 Šeibelis was on the Latvian team which won the first Baltic Cup. In the decisive match against Estonia
, he organized the winning goal and was injured by a frustrated Estonian forward who could not go past Šeibelis. In 1936 when Latvia won another Baltic Cup, Šeibelis scored a winning goal against Lithuania in the last minute.
In his club career in 1931 Šeibelis left
Latvian Cup - a huge success for the club which was not among the elite of Latvian football. In 1939 he played his last international match for Latvia as it lost 3–0 to Bulgaria
.
After the Second World War Šeibelis lived in the United States, coached a football club in Minneapolis.[1]
Honours
- Champion of Latvia: 1925, 1926, 1930
- Latvian Cup: 1938
References
- ^ Ivars Ošiņš. Golden 100 of Latvian sports
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