Igor Yevgenyevich Sklyarov (Russian: Игорь Евгеньевич Скляров; born 31 August 1966) is a former Russian footballer.[1]
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Full name | Igor Yevgenyevich Sklyarov | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1966-08-31) 31 August 1966 (age 55) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Taganrog, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender/Midfielder | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
1982 | Torpedo Taganrog | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||
1983–1986 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 58 | (3) | ||||||||||
1987–1994 | Dynamo Moscow | 130 | (5) | ||||||||||
1998 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||
1999 | Spartak Ryazan | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
1987–1988 | Soviet Union Olympic | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||
1993 | Russia | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Sibir Novosibirsk (director of sports) | ||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Igor grew up in Russia, playing football his whole life, and eventually got the chance to play in the 1988 Olympics with the USSR. He helped his team win the gold in the Olympics. He won 1 cap for the Russia national football team in 1993.
He married his wife Natalia Yurchenko, who is a 5-time world champion in gymnastics, in November 1988. The family moved to the US in 1999, settling in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania where Igor coached year round football and Natalia was a gymnastics coach. In January 2009, Igor accepted a position with a professional soccer club in Novosibirsk, Russia. Now he lives in Chicago coaching the u-14 team, FC Drive.
Soviet Union football squad – 1988 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists | ||
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