Career
In 1981 he joined his first senior team - Cement Novorossiysk. After one year in Novorossiysk Ševļakovs moved to FK Daugava Rīga where he played until 1990 having more than 330 appearances for the club In 1991 he went to his first team outside the former Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics - Ilves in Finland.
When in 1992 Latvia national football team started again Ševļakovs became one of the key players in lieutenant
Until the very end of his career Ševļakovs was the captain of the national team One of his best games for Latvia came in a 2:0 home victory against Belarus when Ševļakovs scored both goals for Latvia.
Despite his senior age for high level football Ševļakovs made 44 appearances for Latvia and was considered one of the countries most reliable defenders until the end of his playing career. After finishing his career as player Ševļakovs instantly moved to coaching.
His first squad was the reserves of Football Club Skonto, later he became assistant manager of Latvia U21 under Jurijs Andrejevs, after Andrejevs was elected Latvia national football team manager, Ševļakovs succeeded him as manager of U21.
Currently Ševļakovs is assistant manager of Football Club Skonto and Latvia national team