Sergey Dmitriyevich Shavlo (; born 4 September 1956) is a former

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and Ukrainian/

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n footballer.

Playing biography

Shavlo made his name as a footballer in

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– at first he played for

Elektrons Rīga Elektrons Rīga (also known as FK Alfa) was a Latvian football club from Riga that was one of the leading clubs in the Latvian league in the 1970s and 1980s. History Elektrons was founded somewhere in the 1960s (exact year has to be determined) ...

but soon he caught the eye of FK Daugava Rīga management and transferred to the top Latvian team. For Daugava he played two years and then he moved to

Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow may refer to the following teams based or formerly based in Moscow, Russia: * FC Spartak Moscow, an association football club * HC Spartak Moscow, a professional ice hockey team * Spartak GM Moscow, a semi-professional rugby club * ...

which was then playing together with Daugava in the first Soviet league and was undergoing a hard time with generation of players change. The mobile midfielder with a good pass came in handy for the

Konstantin Beskov Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov (; 18 November 1920 – 6 May 2006) was a Soviet/Russian footballer and coach. Beskov was born in Moscow. He played for Dynamo Moscow as forward, scoring 126 goals, and after finishing his playing career he became ...

side and in 1977 with Shavlo Spartak returned to the top division and in 1979 – won the Soviet championship. In 1986 Shavlo moved to

Torpedo Moscow Football Club Torpedo Moscow (, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. The club will return to the Russian Premier League in the 2025–26 season. Their c ...

with which he won the

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. Shavlo also played in the

Soviet national football team The Soviet Union national football team () was the national football team who represented the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1992. After the breakup of the Union the team was transformed into the CIS national football team. FIFA and UEFA considers ...

capping 19 appearances. With the Soviet Olympic football team he won a bronze medal at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

. Despite his already veteran age in 1987 Shavlo moved to

Rapid Vienna Sportklub Rapid (), commonly known as Rapid Wien or Rapid Vienna in English language, English, is an Football in Austria, Austrian professional football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian cham ...

thus becoming one of the first Soviet footballers to play abroad. After a couple of seasons he went on to coach different Austrian and Russian teams. In 2004 Shavlo returned to Spartak, first working as a scout but in September 2005 he was appointed director of the club. He worked in that capability till 7 August 2008 when his contract ran out and he decided not to renew it.Official Statement on Spartak Moscow website

Achievements

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (), served as the top division (tier) of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The league's name was a conditional designation used for brevity since being completely owned and g ...

**Winner: 1 (1979) **Runner-up: 4 (1980, 1981, 1984,1985) **3rd position: 1 (1982) *

Soviet First League The Soviet First League in football () was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футболу)''. History of Soviet football championships. Volume 1 ...

**Winner: 1 (1977) *

**Winner: 1 (1986) **Runner-up: 1 (1981) *

Austrian Bundesliga The Bundesliga ( , "Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Austria and the highest level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the A ...

**Winner: 1 (1988) *

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

**Bronze medal: 1 (

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shavlo, Sergey 1956 births Living people Footballers from Nikopol, Ukraine Ukrainian emigrants to Russia Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers Soviet Top League players Soviet First League players Soviet expatriate men's footballers Russian men's footballers Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Austria FC Daugava Riga players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Torpedo Moscow players SK Rapid Wien players Olympic footballers for the Soviet Union Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders FC Iskra Smolensk players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 20th-century Russian sportsmen