Evgeny Lovchev

Evgeny Serafimovich Lovchev (Russian: Евгений Серафимович Ловчев; born 29 January 1949) is a Russian sports journalist, a former footballer, football and futsal manager.

Evgeny Lovchev

Lovchev in 1970
Personal information
Full name	Evgeny Serafimovich Lovchev
Date of birth	(1949-01-29) 29 January 1949 (age 76)
Place of birth	Kryukovo,[1] Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Burevestnik Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1978	FC Spartak Moscow	249	(30)
1979–1980	FC Dynamo Moscow	19	(0)
1980	FC Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev	22	(13)
1981–1983	FC Metallurg Zlatoust (amateur)
International career
1969–1977	USSR	52	(1)
Managerial career
1980	FC Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev (assistant)
1981–1983	FC Metallurg Zlatoust
1986	FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk
1989	FC Druzhba Maykop
1996–2008	Spartak Moscow (futsal)
2001–2003	Russia (futsal)
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Men's Football 1972 Munich Team competition
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Honours

• Soviet Top League winner: 1969
• Soviet Top League runner-up: 1974
• Soviet Top League bronze: 1970
• Soviet Cup winner: 1971
• Top 33 players year-end list: 7 times
• Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1972

Career

He was capped 52 times for USSR, playing the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1970, he became the first player to be booked on a World Cup match, in the opening game of the tournament against Mexico.^[2]

Personal

His son Evgeniy Lovchev played football professionally, including Kazakhstan national football team.