Voldemārs Plade

Infobox Football biography
playername= Voldemārs Plade
dateofbirth = birth date|1900|12|24
cityofbirth = Riga
countryofbirth = Russian Empire
position = Forward
youthclubs = Union Riga
youthyears = 1912
years = 1921-1925
1926-1927
1928-1935
clubs = Ķeizarmežs
RFK
Riga Vanderer
caps(goals) =
manageryears = 1933
1935
1935-1936
1936-1937
managerclubs = V.Ķuze
Universitātes Sports
Riga Vanderer
LAS Riga
nationalyears = 1923–1929
nationalteam = Latvia
nationalcaps(goals) = 016 (9)

Voldemārs Plade (December 24, 1900 in Riga - ?) was a Latvian football forward and manager, the most notable of four Plade brothers who played for Latvia national football team.

Biography

Voldemārs Plade (sometimes also called Valdis Plade) was one of five football playing brothers. In his youth he played with Union Riga and Āgenskalns sports club but he became widely known in 1921 when playing for Ķeizarmežs. Alongside his brothers Kurts Plade, Teodors Plade and Alfrēds Plade who all also played with Ķeizarmežs Plade won Latvian league titles in 1922 and 1923. Unlike his brothers Voldemārs Plade proved to be a long-lasting force in Latvian football and he was a national team regular from 1923 to 1929, capping 16 international appearances and scoring 9 goals. In a match against Lithuania at the 1929 Baltic Cup Voldemārs Plade scored three goals for Latvia from passes from the rising star Ēriks Pētersons. [ [http://www.periodika.lv/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_LATVIAARCHL&Type=text/html&Locale=latvian-skin-custom&Path=SSP/1937/11/29&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar00401&PageLabel=4 Biography of Pētersons] ] V.Plade represented Latvia at the 1924 Summer Olympics [ [http://www.periodika.lv/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_LATVIAARCHL&Type=text/html&Locale=latvian-skin-custom&Path=SSP/1936/01/02&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar00100&PageLabel=1 Latvia footballers to participate at the Berlin Olympic games?] ] .

After the dissolution of Ķeizarmežs in 1925 Voldemārs Plade joined RFK with which he played for two years. After two years with RFK Plade joined the newly founded Riga Vanderer with which he occasionally played until 1935. Voldemārs Plade was known for his brilliant technique and goal scoring.

As early as 1933 Plade also took up coaching, working with V.Ķuze [ [http://www.periodika.lv/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_LATVIAARCHL&Type=text/html&Locale=latvian-skin-custom&Path=SSP/1933/08/07&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar00405&PageLabel=4 V.Ķuze - Rīgas muita] ] , Universitātes Sports, Riga Vanderer [ [http://www.periodika.lv/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_LATVIAARCHL&Type=text/html&Locale=latvian-skin-custom&Path=SSP/1936/09/10&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar00200&PageLabel=2 RV - Olimpija] ] and LAS Riga [ [http://www.periodika.lv/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_LATVIAARCHL&Type=text/html&Locale=latvian-skin-custom&Path=SSP/1936/09/10&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar00200&PageLabel=2 LAS coaches] ] , from at least 1936 he also appeared regularly as a football referee.

In 1939 Voldemārs Plade as a Baltic German repatriated to Germany. The last known information about his is his visit to Riga in December 1942 before returning to the Eastern Front of World War II.

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