Solovyov, Yuri Nikolaevich (soccer player)

Yuri Nikolaevich Solovyov (March 18, 1948, Kaliningrad , USSR - April 13, 2007, Dnepropetrovsk , Ukraine ) - Soviet footballer , midfielder . Master of Sports of the USSR .

Yuri Solovyov
general information
Full name	Yuri Nikolaevich Solovyov
Born	March 18, 1948 ( 1948-03-18 ) Kaliningrad , USSR
Died	April 13, 2007 ( 2007-04-13 ) (59 years old) Dnepropetrovsk , Ukraine
Citizenship	USSR Ukraine
Position	midfielder
Club career [* 1] 1966-1967 Baltic 41 (8) 1968-1969 Dynamo (Stavropol) 76 (7) 1970 Baltic 36 (3) 1971-1972 Motorist (Zhytomyr) 91 (13) 1973-1979 Dnieper 168 (13) 1980 ZKL KFK
↑ The number of games and goals for a professional club is considered only for various leagues of national championships.

He began to play in his native Kaliningrad. In 1965, he became a member of Baltika , for which in 1966-1967 he played 41 matches in the second group of class “A” , scoring 8 goals. At the same time he played in the national team of the RSFSR. He was called up for military service in Dynamo Moscow , but he played for two years in Dynamo Stavropol . Due to an injury, the meniscus returned to Baltika, for which he scored three goals in 36 games in the second group of class “A” in 1970. In 1971-1972 he played in the second league for Avtomobilist Zhytomyr , with whom he won the 1972 USSR Cup . He played for the national team of the Ukrainian SSR, had invitations from Shakhtar and Chernomorets , but moved to Dnipro . He played 125 games for the team in the Premier League, scored 11 goals (1973-1978), in the first league - 43 games, two goals (1979). In 1980 he moved to Krivbass , but due to age qualifications in the second league, he did not play a single game and ended his career in the teams of masters. He was a trainer at the Pressov plant, played in the championship of the Dnipropetrovsk region for the team of Karl Liebknecht plant . He worked at the Dnepromontazhnaladka enterprise. Until 1985, he was a judge. Finished with sports due to a heart attack.

He worked in Dnipro as a master in sports shoe repair, as an administrator of a double.