Lev Nikolayevich Matveyev (; born 12 February 1971) is a

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n former professional

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er.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the

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in 1988 for FC Gastello Ufa.

Honours

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champion: 1991. *

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finalist: 1992.

References

1971 births People from Ishimbay Living people Soviet men's footballers Russian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Soviet Top League players Russian Premier League players Liga Leumit players FC Neftyanik Ufa players PFC CSKA Moscow players FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny players FC Amkar Perm players Maccabi Ironi Ashdod F.C. players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Russian expatriate sportspeople in Israel FC Zvezda Perm players Footballers from Bashkortostan 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-forward-1970s-stub