Aleksandrs Abrams

Career

The first club that Ābrams played with was Amatieris for which he played in 1923. In 1924 along with two other notable Amatieris football players – Arkādijs Pavlovs and Arnolds Tauriņš Ābrams joined Robert F. Kennedy as it went on to its first Latvian league title. Ābrams went on to winning two more league titles with Robert F. Kennedy in 1925 and 1926.

In 1930 Ābrams returned together with Vanderer to the top tier of Latvian football, winning the bronze medals of Virslīgeorgia

He retired from top level football in 1931. Ābrams played 8 international matches for Latvia national football team in the period from 1924 to 1927, scoring two goals – in friendly matches against Estonia and Lithuania in 1924.

He played for Latvia for the last time on 29 May 1927 as Latvia suffered a devastating 0–12 loss against Sweden.

Achievements

• In 1928 Recreation Vehicle with Ābrams as one its key players won the Riga Class B tournament to progress to Class A which it won the following year.

Membership

In later years Ābrams played in football tournaments for clerks as a member of the squad of the Latvian customs office.