Oleg Pavlovich Kopayev (Russian: Олег Павлович Копаев; 28 November 1937 – 3 April 2010) was a Soviet football player.
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Oleg Pavlovich Kopayev | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1937 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yelets, USSR | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 3 April 2010 (aged 72) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Rostov-na-Donu, Russia | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1955 | Spartak Yelets | |||||||||||||
| 1956 | ODO Voronezh | |||||||||||||
| 1957 | CSK MO Moscow | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1958 | SKVO Lviv | 22 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 1959–1968 | FC SKA Rostov-on-Don | 257 | (119) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1965–1966 | USSR | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1969–1971 | FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (assistant) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Most of his career Kopayev was representing the Soviet Armed Forces sports society, particularly in Rostov-na-Donu.
Honours
edit- Soviet Top League runner-up: 1966.
- Grigory Fedotov club member.
- Soviet Top League top scorer: 1963 (27 goals), 1965 (18 goals).
- Top 33 players year-end list: three times.
International career
editKopayev made his debut for USSR on 21 November 1965 in a friendly against Brazil starring Pelé.
External links
edit- (in Russian) Profile
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