Nikolay Yevgeniyevich Larionov (russian: Николай Евгеньевич Ларионов; born 19 January 1957, in

Volkhov Volkhov (russian: Во́лхов) is an industrial town and the administrative center of Volkhovsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the river Volkhov east of St. Petersburg. Population: It was previously known as ''Zvanka ...

) is a Russian former

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player and current manager. As of 2009, he is an assistant coach with the reserves team of

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Honours

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

winner: 1984.

International career

Larionov made his debut for

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on 23 March 1983 in a friendly against

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. He scored 2 goals for the national team, including a goal against

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in a

UEFA Euro 1984 The 1984 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in France from 12 to 27 June 1984. It was the seventh UEFA European Championship, a competition held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. At the time, only eight countries ...

qualifier. He participated in the

1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia ha ...

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1957 births Living people People from Volkhov Russian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers Soviet expatriate men's footballers Russian expatriate men's footballers Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Finland 1986 FIFA World Cup players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players Soviet Top League players Russian football managers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders GBK Kokkola players Sportspeople from Leningrad Oblast {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub