Egor Mikhailovich Shaykov (; born 23 June 1980) is a former Russian

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and

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player who was active as forward. Shaykov started his career in

, his best results coming from the period where he played for

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. Since 2005, he played for

teams, his best results coming for BSC Lokomotiv Moscow, where he played from 2010 until his retirement in 2018. He is Merited Master of Sports of Russia.

Career

Playing career

Shaykov was sportive since early age. He went to swimming for three years until he switched to

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at the age of seven, but he felt it was not his type of sports. Once Shaykov's sports teacher recommended him to Nikolay Nikolayevich Sevastyanov, who would become Shaykov's first coach. Sevastyanov went to different schools searching for possible pupils for his club of the large sports school Torpedo. Preliminarily, out of eight people Shaykov was the only one to be chosen.Рейд "Красной машины". Егор "Ягр" Шайков
BeachSoccerRussia.ru Shaykov started his career for the association football team Torpedo-ZIL Moscow and then for the mirror team Torpedo-Luzhniki (now Torpedo Moscow). He played for

for three years, collecting 12 goals in 76 caps; one of his goals was the 800th for Arsenal at the Russian Championships. He then played for FC Titan Klin for around half a year before making a short break. In 2005, he was invited by future beach soccer top coach Evgeny Pisarev to play for the

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. In their first tournament at the 2005 Euro Beach Soccer Cup team Russia finished second. Shaykov then debuted for BSC Strogino. In 2010, Shaykov switched to BSC Delta together with three other teammates, but in the same year he debuted for BSC Lokomotiv Moscow. On 21 December 2012, Shaykov was named Merited Master of Sports by the order of the Sports Minister. At the inaugural 2013 Euro Winners Cup, Lokomotiv went on to win the trophy and Shaykov was named

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. Shaykov's last appearance in beach soccer was as a player of Lokomotiv at the Russian Super Cup, where the Moscow club lost to BSC Kristall, 3–4.

Coaching career

After his retirement, Shaykov serves as coach for the

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n beach soccer club "Academy" (also known as "Linden City"). He brought them to the final of the Latvia Cup, where they defeated Krass, 5–1.

Achievements

National team

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is an international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was preceded by the Beach Soccer World Championshi ...

champion: 2011, 2013 * Euro Beach Soccer Cup champion: 2012 *

Euro Beach Soccer League The Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is the premier competition in beach soccer featuring European men's national teams. The competition has been held annually since its establishment in 1998, making it the oldest beach soccer tournament in Europe ...

champion: 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017 *

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup The Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup is an international beach soccer tournament which is held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates every November as the finale of the competitive international beach soccer season. The invitation-only tournament ha ...

champion: 2011, 2012, 2015

Clubs

* Russian National champion: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017 * Russian Cup winner: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 * Russian Super Cup winner: 2011 *

Euro Winners Cup The Euro Winners Cup (EWC) is an annual, continental beach soccer club competition contested between top-division European teams; the clubs that are their country's national league/cup champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) from ...

winner: 2013 *

Mundialito de Clubes The Mundialito de Clubes () is an international club beach soccer competition contested between top men's clubs from around the world. The tournament is loosely similar to the FIFA Club World Cup in association football, however participating team ...

winner: 2012

Individually

*2011 season **

, Stage 4 – MVP *2012 season **Merited Master of Sports (21 December 2012)Приказ министра спорта № 66-нг от 21 декабря 2012 г.
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References

External links

Profile at Beach Soccer Russia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaykov, Egor 1980 births Living people Footballers from Moscow Russian men's footballers Russian beach soccer players Men's association football forwards FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Torpedo-2 players FC Arsenal Tula players European Games gold medalists for Russia Beach soccer players at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in beach soccer 21st-century Russian sportsmen