Jump to content

Vyacheslav Solovyov (footballer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vyacheslav Solovyov
Personal information
Full name Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Solovyov
Date of birth (1925-01-18)18 January 1925
Place of birth Veshnyaki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Date of death 7 September 1996(1996-09-07) (aged 71)
Place of death Moscow, Russia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward/Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1952 CDSA Moscow 127 (38)
1952–1953 MVO Moscow 6 (0)
1953–1954 FC Torpedo Moscow 16 (1)
Managerial career
1954–1957 FC Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
1959–1962 Dynamo Kyiv
1963–1964 PFC CSKA Moscow
1965–1966 FC Dynamo Moscow
1967–1968 FC Dinamo Tbilisi
1969–1971 FC Dynamo Leningrad (director)
1972–1975 FC Pakhtakor Tashkent
1980–1983 FC Dynamo Moscow
1985 Neftchi Baku PFC
1988 Tavriya Simferopol
1989–1990 FC Pamir Dushanbe (assistant)
1991 FC Alga Bishkek
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Solovyov (Russian: Вячеслав Дмитриевич Соловьёв; born 18 January 1925; died 7 September 1996) was a Soviet football player and coach. He was also a veteran of the World War II and received such decorations like a medal "For the Defence of Moscow" and a medal "For Courage".[1]

Solovyov was born in a populated place near train station Veshnyaki, Moskovsky Uyezd.

Club career

[edit]

As a player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1946 for CDKA Moscow.[2] However his playing career started before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.[1]

Coaching career

[edit]

It was with Solovyov, Dynamo Kyiv won its first league's title back in 1961.[1]

In 1987 as a manager of SC Tavriya Simferopol, Solovyov reached the 1986–87 Soviet Cup semifinals and gained promotion to the 1988 Soviet First League.[1] His players were honored with titles of masters of sports of the Soviet Union: Borys Biloshapka, Serhiy Shevchenko, Viktor Halustov, Ihor Leonov, Semen Osynovskyi, Ihor Lyalin, Sergei Dementyev, Viktor Budnyk, Oleksandr Isayev.[1]

Honours

[edit]

As a player

[edit]
  • Soviet Top League champion: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951.
  • Soviet Top League runner-up: 1949.
  • Soviet Top League bronze: 1953.
  • Soviet Cup winner: 1948, 1951.

As a coach

[edit]

References

[edit]