Valeri Petrovich Frolov (russian: Валерий Петрович Фролов; born 16 August 1949) is a Russian professional

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coach and a former player.

Career

Born in

Yaroslavl Yaroslavl ( rus, Ярослáвль, p=jɪrɐˈsɫavlʲ) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the confluence ...

, Frolov was a product of local side

FC Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (russian: Футбольный клуб «Шинник» Ярославль) is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl. From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik (russian: Химик - "the chemist"). In the USSR ...

's youth academy. He played professionally for Shinnik for seven seasons, either side of a two-year spell at

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English l ...

, scoring 38 goals in 158 league matches with Shinnik.

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* 1949 births Footballers from Yaroslavl Living people Soviet men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players PFC CSKA Moscow players Russian football managers FC Shinnik Yaroslavl managers Russian Premier League managers {{Russia-footy-forward-1940s-stub