Vyacheslav Solovyov (footballer)

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]

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	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

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

Club career

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

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

As a player

• 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

• Soviet Top League champion: 1961.