Anatoli Viktorovich Davydov (russian: Анатолий Викторович Давыдов; born 13 November 1953) is a Russian professional
football coach and a former player. He is the director of the academy for
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, acco ...
.
Career
Davydov made his professional debut in the
Soviet Second League
The Soviet Second League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The le ...
in 1971 for
FC Metallurg Tula.
He played two games in the
UEFA Cup 1987–88 for
FC Zenit Leningrad, the former name of
Zenit Saint Petersburg. Davydov was one of the most respected and influential players during Zenit's golden era in the 1980s, and continued to play top-level competitive football until the record age of 43, then becoming a Zenit's coach. He also holds the club record for the most first team appearances - 454 official games, 53 games in Soviet Cup.
Davydov played for Chinese side
Foshan Fosti
Foshan Fosti Football Club () was a Chinese football club, established on 1994. It was one of the earliest professional football clubs in China. The club was dissolved in 1997.
Name changes
* 1988–1995 Foshan F.C. 佛山
* 1996–1997 Foshan ...
in 1996. He hold the record for being the oldest person to have played in a professional Chinese football match aged 42 years and 348 days, as well as the oldest person to have scored in a professional Chinese football match aged 42 years and 292 days before 2018 when
Zhuang Yi broke his records.
Personal life
His son
Dmitri Davydov is a professional footballer.
Honours
Player
Zenit Leningrad
*
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991.
The professional top level ...
:
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...
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Soviet Super Cup: 1985
Manager
Zenit Saint Petersburg
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Russian Cup:
1998–99
References
1953 births
Living people
Association football defenders
Soviet footballers
Russian footballers
Soviet Top League players
Russian Premier League players
Veikkausliiga players
FC Arsenal Tula players
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
FC Lada-Tolyatti players
PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
Russian football managers
FC Sibir Novosibirsk managers
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg managers
FC Tom Tomsk managers
Russian Premier League managers
FC Metallurg Lipetsk managers
Ponnistus Helsinki players
Soviet expatriate footballers
Russian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Finland
Foshan Fosti F.C. players
Expatriate footballers in China
FC Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg players
Russian expatriate football managers
Sportspeople from Tula, Russia
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