Career
Žagars was a tall and powerful goalkeeper. He first played in Liepāja but was offered to join Daugava Rīga in the first Soviet league. in 1969. Over the first two seasons with Daugava he played only 12 matches and had to return to Zvejnieks Liepāja.
But in the next 3 seasons he never played more than 10 matches and had to sit on the bench behind Aleksandrs Kulakovs.