Igor Volchok

Igor Volchok
Personal information
Full name Igor Semyonovich Volchok
Date of birth 4 October 1931
Place of birth Moscow, Russian SFSR
Date of death 19 April 2016(2016-04-19) (aged 84)
Place of death Moscow, Russia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950 Torpedo Moscow 0 (0)
1951–1952 CDSA Moscow 0 (0)
Managerial career
1958 Avangard Elektrostal
1960–1962 Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk (assistant)
1962–1963 Trud Noginsk (assistant)
1964–1965 Shakhtyor Karaganda (assistant)
1966 Shakhtyor Karaganda (director)
1967 Zorya Luhansk (assistant)
1968–1970 Volga Kalinin
1971 Lokomotiv Moscow (director)
1972 Lokomotiv Moscow
1973–1978 Lokomotiv Moscow
1979 Kazakh SSR
1979–1981 Kairat
1982 Tavriya Simferopol
1983–1985 Lokomotiv Moscow
1990–1991 Navbahor Namangan
1993–1995 Shinnik Yaroslavl
1996–1998 Rubin Kazan
1998–2000 Avtomobilist Noginsk
2001–2002 Yelets
2003 Navbahor Namangan
2003–2004 Yelets (consultant)
2005 Yelets
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Igor Semyonovich Volchok (Russian: Игорь Семёнович Волчок; 4 October 1931 – 19 April 2016) was a Russian professional football player and a coach.

Career

Volchok played for Moscow clubs Torpedo (1950) and CDSA (1951–52).

As a manager, Volchok led Rubin Kazan to promotion to the Russian First Division and the 1/16-finals of the Russian Cup (football).[1]

As a coach, famous for the fact that many of his charges later successfully expressed themselves in coaching: Yuri Semin, Vladimir Eshtrekov, Alexander Averyanov, Valery Gazzaev, Givi Nodia, Valery Petrakov, Vladimir Shevchuk, Vitaly Shevchenko, Valery Gladilin, Kurban Berdyev.

Honours

  • Honored coach of Russia (1972)
  • The two-time Cup winner MSSZH (1974, 1976)
  • Bronze medalist of Uzbekistan (2003)

References

  1. ^ "Спасибо Деду за победу! Ушел из жизни бывший главный тренер "Рубина" Игорь Волчок" (in Russian). Biznes Online (Kazan). 22 April 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2020.


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