Voldemārs Plade, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Voldemārs Plade

Latvian footballer

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1900

Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Voldemārs Plade

  • Voldemars Plade (sometimes also called Valdis Plade; born 24 December 1900 in Riga - ?) was a Latvian football forward and manager, the most notable of four Plade brothers who played for Latvia national football team. Voldemars Plade was one of five football playing brothers.
  • In his youth he played with Union Riga and Agenskalns sports club; but he became widely known in 1921 when playing for Keizarmežs.
  • Alongside his brothers Kurts Plade, Teodors Plade and Alfreds Plade, who all also played with Keizarmežs, Plade won Latvian league titles in 1922 and 1923.
  • Unlike his brothers, Plade proved to be a long-lasting force in Latvian football and he was a national team regular from 1923 to 1929, capping 16 international appearances and scoring 9 goals.
  • In a match against Lithuania at the 1929 Baltic Cup Plade scored three goals for Latvia from passes from the rising star Eriks Petersons.
  • Plade represented Latvia at the 1924 Summer Olympics.After the dissolution of Keizarmežs in 1925, Plade joined RFK with which he played for two years.
  • After two years with RFK Plade joined the newly founded Riga Vanderer with which he occasionally played until 1935.
  • Plade was known for his brilliant technique and goal scoring. As early as 1933 Plade also took up coaching, working with V.
  • Kuze, Universitates Sports, Riga Vanderer and LAS Riga, from at least 1936 he also appeared regularly as a football referee. In 1939 Plade as a Baltic German repatriated to Germany.
  • The last known information about him is his visit to Riga in December 1942 before returning to the Eastern Front of World War II.

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