Oleg Kopayev

Oleg Kopayev

Personal information
Full name	Oleg Pavlovich Kopayev
Date of birth	(1937-11-28)28 November 1937
Place of birth	Yelets, USSR
Date of death	3 April 2010(2010-04-03) (aged 72)
Place of death	Rostov-na-Donu, Russia
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955	Spartak Yelets
1956	ODO Voronezh
1957	CSK MO Moscow	2	(0)
1958	SKVO Lviv	22	(6)
1959–1968	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	257	(119)
International career
1965–1966	USSR	6	(0)
Managerial career
1969–1971	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (assistant)
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1964 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleg Pavlovich Kopayev (Russian: Олег Павлович Копаев; 28 November 1937 – 3 April 2010) was a Soviet football player.

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

Honours

• Soviet Top League runner-up: 1966.
• Grigory Fedotov club member.
• Soviet Top League top scorer: 1963 (27 goals), 1965 (18 goals).
• Top 33 players year-end list: three times.

International career

Kopayev made his debut for USSR on 21 November 1965 in a friendly against Brazil starring Pelé.

External links

• (in Russian) Profile