Igor Volchok

Igor Volchok

Personal information
Full name	Igor Semyonovich Volchok
Date of birth	4 October 1931
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian SFSR
Date of death	19 April 2016(2016-04-19) (aged 84)
Place of death	Moscow, Russia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950	Torpedo Moscow	0	(0)
1951–1952	CDSA Moscow	0	(0)
Managerial career
1958	Avangard Elektrostal
1960–1962	Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk (assistant)
1962–1963	Trud Noginsk (assistant)
1964–1965	Shakhtyor Karaganda (assistant)
1966	Shakhtyor Karaganda (director)
1967	Zorya Luhansk (assistant)
1968–1970	Volga Kalinin
1971	Lokomotiv Moscow (director)
1972	Lokomotiv Moscow
1973–1978	Lokomotiv Moscow
1979	Kazakh SSR
1979–1981	Kairat
1982	Tavriya Simferopol
1983–1985	Lokomotiv Moscow
1990–1991	Navbahor Namangan
1993–1995	Shinnik Yaroslavl
1996–1998	Rubin Kazan
1998–2000	Avtomobilist Noginsk
2001–2002	Yelets
2003	Navbahor Namangan
2003–2004	Yelets (consultant)
2005	Yelets
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Igor Semyonovich Volchok (Russian: Игорь Семёнович Волчок; 4 October 1931 – 19 April 2016) was a Russian professional football player and a coach.

Career

Volchok played for Moscow clubs Torpedo (1950) and CDSA (1951–52).

As a manager, Volchok led Rubin Kazan to promotion to the Russian First Division and the 1/16-finals of the Russian Cup (football).

As a coach, famous for the fact that many of his charges later successfully expressed themselves in coaching: Yuri Semin, Vladimir Eshtrekov, Alexander Averyanov, Valery Gazzaev, Givi Nodia, Valery Petrakov, Vladimir Shevchuk, Vitaly Shevchenko, Valery Gladilin, Kurban Berdyev.

Honours

• Honored coach of Russia (1972)
• The two-time Cup winner MSSZH (1974, 1976)
• Bronze medalist of Uzbekistan (2003)

External links

• Igor Volchok at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)