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Russian footballer and coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Zenit St. Petersburg.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anatoli Viktorovich Davydov | ||
Date of birth | 13 November 1953 | ||
Place of birth | Tula, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Zenit St. Petersburg (academy director) | ||
Youth career | |||
Torpedo Tula | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1971–1975 | Mashinostroitel Tula | ||
1975–1988 | Zenit Leningrad | 370 | (10) |
1989 | Torpedo Tolyatti | 32 | (2) |
1989 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev | 3 | (0) |
1990 | Ponnistus | (3) | |
1991 | Lokomotiv St. Petersburg (amateur) | ||
1992–1995 | Ponnistus | 80 | (2) |
1996 | Foshan Fosti | (1) | |
1997 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 15 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1995 | Ponnistus | ||
1997–1998 | Zenit St. Petersburg (assistant) | ||
1998–2000 | Zenit St. Petersburg | ||
2000 | Zenit-2 St. Petersburg (assistant) | ||
2001 | Zenit St. Petersburg (reserves) | ||
2002–2005 | Metallurg Lipetsk | ||
2005–2006 | Sibir Novosibirsk | ||
2007 | Tekstilshchik-Telekom Ivanovo | ||
2008–2009 | Zenit St. Petersburg (reserves) | ||
2009 | Zenit St. Petersburg | ||
2010–2013 | Zenit St. Petersburg (reserves) | ||
2013 | Tom Tomsk | ||
2017 | Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg | ||
2017– | Zenit St. Petersburg (academy director) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Davydov made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1971 for Metallurg Tula.[1] He played two games in the UEFA Cup 1987–88 for 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 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.[2][3]
His son Dmitri Davydov is a professional footballer.
Zenit Leningrad
Zenit Saint Petersburg
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