Igor Stanislavovich Povalyayev (russian: Игорь Станиславович Поваляев; born 16 November 1962) is a former

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

i professional footballer.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the

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 ...

in 1979 for

FC Pakhtakor Tashkent (The cotton grower) uz, Sherlar(The Lions) uz, Xalq jamoasi(People's team) , founded = , ground = Pakhtakor Central Stadium , capacity = 35,000 , owner = , chairman = Bobur Shodiev , chrtitle = President , manager ...

. He played 3 games in the European Cup 1988–89 for

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dy ...

References

1962 births Sportspeople from Tashkent Living people Soviet footballers Uzbekistani footballers Russian footballers Association football defenders Association football midfielders Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players FC Rostov players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Dynamo Stavropol players Birkirkara F.C. players FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players Soviet Top League players Russian Premier League players Maltese Premier League players Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Malta {{Uzbekistan-footy-bio-stub

Club career

See also

References