Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Solovyov (russian: Вячеслав Дмитриевич Соловьёв; born 18 January 1925; died 7 September 1996) was a

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player and coach. He is also a veteran of the

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and received such decorations like a

medal "For the Defence of Moscow" The Medal "For the Defence of Moscow" (russian: Медаль «За оборону Москвы») was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union awarded to military and civilians who had participated in the Battle of Moscow. History T ...

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rffk-roo.ru Solovyov was born in a populated place near train station Veshnyaki,

Moskovsky Uyezd Moskovsky Uyezd (''Московский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Moscow Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the central part of the governorate and existed until 1929. Its administrative centre was Moscow. ...

Club career

As a player, he made his professional debut in the

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in 1946 for CDKA Moscow. However his playing career has started before the

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Coaching career

It was with Solovyov,

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won its first league's title back in 1961. In 1987 as a manager of

SC Tavriya Simferopol Sports Club Tavriya ( uk, Спортивний клуб "Таврія") was a Ukrainian football club from Simferopol. Tavriya was a member of the Ukrainian Premier League from its founding and won the first Ukrainian Premier League making them ...

, Solovyov reached the 1986–87 Soviet Cup semifinals and gained promotion to the

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. His players were honored with titles of masters of sports of the Soviet Union: Borys Biloshapka, Serhiy Shevchenko, Viktor Halustov,

Ihor Leonov Ihor Ivanovych Leonov ( uk, Ігор Іванович Леонов; born 17 September 1967) is a Ukrainian former professional football midfielder and manager. On 6 October 2011 he was appointed as interim coach for Illichivets Mariupol after ...

, Semen Osynovskyi, Ihor Lyalin, Sergei Dementyev, Viktor Budnyk, Oleksandr Isayev.

Honours

As a player

champion: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951. * Soviet Top League runner-up: 1949. * Soviet Top League bronze: 1953. *

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winner: 1948, 1951.

As a coach

champion: 1961.

References

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