Aleksandrs Vanags

{{short description|Latvian footballer and basketball player}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Aleksandrs Vanags

| image = Aleksandrs vanags, 1938 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Portrait of Aleksandrs Vanags in 1938.

| fullname = Aleksandrs Vanags

| birth_date = 1919

| birth_place = Rīga, Latvia

| death_date = 1986

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| height =

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| years1 = 1937–1940 | caps1 = 61 | goals1 = 18 | clubs1 = ASK Rīga

| years2 = 1946–1947 | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 1 | clubs2 = Strasbourg

| years3 = 1947–1949 | caps3 = 21 | goals3 = 2 | clubs3 = FC Nancy

| years4 = 1949–1955 | caps4 = 129 | goals4 = 13 | clubs4 = Strasbourg

| totalcaps = 216

| totalgoals = 34

| nationalyears1 = 1937–1940

| nationalteam1 = Latvia

| nationalcaps1 = 13

| nationalgoals1 = 9

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{{MedalCountry | {{LAT}} }}

{{MedalSport | Men's Basketball}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| 1939 Lithuania | Team Competition}}

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Aleksandrs Vanags (21 March 1919 – 1986), also known as Alexandre Vanags, was a Latvian football and basketball player. At international level, he represented the Latvia national football team, after World War II he played football in France.