Oleg Pavlovich Kopayev (; 28 November 1937 – 3 April 2010) was a

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football player. Most of his career Kopayev was representing the Soviet Armed Forces sports society, particularly in Rostov-na-Donu.

Honours

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runner-up: 1966. * Grigory Fedotov club member. *

top scorer: 1963 (27 goals), 1965 (18 goals). * Top 33 players year-end list: three times.

International career

Kopayev made his debut for

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on 21 November 1965 in a friendly against

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starring

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