 |
 Pahars in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 August 1976 | ||
| Place of birth |
Chornobai, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994 | Pārdaugava | 17 | (3) |
| 1995 | Skonto-Metāls | 16 | (4) |
| 1995–1998 | Skonto | 85 | (44) |
| 1999–2006 | Southampton | 137 | (43) |
| 2006–2007 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 19 | (4) |
| 2008 | Skonto | 19 | (8) |
| 2009–2010 | Jūrmala | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 295 | (106) | |
| International career | |||
| 1996–2007 | Latvia[1] | 75 | (15) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Skonto | ||
| 2013 | Latvia U21 | ||
| 2013–2017 | Latvia | ||
| 2018–2019 | Jelgava | ||
| 2021 | Siena | ||
| 2022- | Latvia (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marians Pahars (born 5 August 1976) is a Latvian professional football manager and a former player.[2]
As a player, he spent the majority of his career operating as a striker for English club Southampton, where he played in the Premier League and the Championship, the latter of which he played during his final season for the club. Furthermore, he had two spells at Skonto in the Latvian Higher League. He also made 75 appearances for the Latvia national team, scoring 15 goals over an eleven-year period.
Having retired from football, Pahars entered a career in coaching, starting as assistant at Skonto, which resulted in his first appointment as a manager. He went on to manage Latvia at under-21 and senior level, before returning to club management with Jelgava.
His Latvian given name is Marians; however, he was generally known as Marian during his career in England.
- ^ "Appearances for Latvia National Team". RSSSF. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ Marians Pahars at Soccerway