Yury Kovalyov

Yury Kovalyov
Personal information
Full name Yury Fyodorovich Kovalyov
Date of birth (1934-02-06)6 February 1934
Place of birth Orekhovo-Zuyevo, USSR
Date of death 25 September 1979(1979-09-25) (aged 45)
Place of death Moscow, USSR
Playing position Striker/Midfielder
Youth career
Krasnoye Znamya Orekhovo-Zuyevo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953 Krasnoye Znamya Gus-Krustalny
1954–1959 FC Lokomotiv Moscow 122 (15)
1960 FC Dynamo Kyiv 19 (8)
1961 CSKA Moscow 24 (2)
1962–1965 FC Lokomotiv Moscow 112 (8)
1966 FC Metallurg Lipetsk
1967–1971 Moskvich Moscow
National team
1957 USSR 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Yury Fyodorovich Kovalyov (Russian: Юрий Фёдорович Ковалёв; 6 February 1934 – 25 September 1979) was a Soviet footballer.

International career

Kovalyov played his only game for USSR on 24 November 1957 in a 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Poland. He was not selected for the final tournament squad. He was selected for the squad for the first ever European Nations' Cup in 1960, where the Soviets were champions, but did not play in any games at the tournament.


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