Career
Maģers as a football player was found by Rīgas FK in Rēzekne and soon he was invited to play in the Latvian national team Sergejs Maģers played 20 in international matches for Latvia in midfield together with Jānis Lidmanis and Ēriks Pētersons. Maģers" reputation as a brilliant football player however was foreshadowed by his work with Extraordinary Commission Against Counterrevolution, Sabotage and Speculation from 1940.