Sergey Dmitriyevich Shavlo (russian: Серге́й Дмитриевич Шавло; born 4 September 1956) is a former

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n footballer.

Playing biography

Shavlo made his name as a footballer in Latvia – at first he played for Elektrons Rīga but soon he caught the eye of FK Daugava Rīga management and transferred to the top Latvian team. For Daugava he played two years and then he moved to

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which was then playing together with Daugava in the first Soviet league and was undergoing a hard time with generation of players change. The mobile midfielder with a good pass came in handy for the

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side and in 1977 with Shavlo Spartak returned to the top division and in 1979 – won the Soviet championship. In 1986 Shavlo moved to

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with which he won the

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. Shavlo also played in the

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capping 19 appearances. With the Soviet Olympic football team he won a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Despite his already veteran age in 1987 Shavlo moved to

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thus becoming one of the first Soviet footballers to play abroad. After a couple of seasons he went on to coach different Austrian and Russian teams. In 2004 Shavlo returned to Spartak, first working as a scout but in September 2005 he was appointed director of the club. He worked in that capability till 7 August 2008 when his contract ran out and he decided not to renew it.Official Statement on Spartak Moscow website

Achievements

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: 1 (1979) **Runner-up: 4 (1980, 1981, 1984,1985) **3rd position: 1 (1982) *

Soviet First League The Soviet First League in football (russian: Первая лига СССР по футболу) was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футбо ...

**Winner: 1 (1977) *

**Winner: 1 (1986) **Runner-up: 1 (1981) * Austrian Bundesliga **Winner: 1 (1988) *

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...

**Bronze medal: 1 ( 1980)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shavlo, Sergey 1956 births Living people People from Nikopol, Ukraine Ukrainian emigrants to Russia Soviet footballers Soviet Union international footballers Soviet Top League players Soviet First League players Soviet expatriate footballers Russian footballers Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Austria Daugava Rīga players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Torpedo Moscow players SK Rapid Wien players Olympic footballers of the Soviet Union Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Association football midfielders FC Iskra Smolensk players Austrian Football Bundesliga players