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Igor Sklyarov

Olympic medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's Football
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Team Competition
Igor Sklyarov
Personal information
Full name Igor Yevgenyevich Sklyarov
Date of birth (1966-08-31) 31 August 1966 (age 50)
Place of birth Taganrog, Soviet Union
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender/Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982 FC Torpedo Taganrog 4 (0)
1983–1986 FC SKA Rostov-on-Don 58 (3)
1987–1993 FC Dynamo Moscow 130 (5)
1998 FC Metallurg Lipetsk 9 (0)
1999 FC Spartak Ryazan 18 (0)
National team
1993 Russia 1 (0)
Teams managed
2009–2010 FC Sibir Novosibirsk (director of sports)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Igor Yevgenyevich Sklyarov (Russian: Игорь Евгеньевич Скляров; born 31 August 1966) is a former Russian footballer. He last worked as an athletic director for FC Sibir Novosibirsk.

Igor grew up in Russia, playing soccer his whole life, and eventually got the chance to play in the 1988 Olympics with the USSR. He helped his team win the gold in the Olympics. He won 1 cap for the Russia national football team in 1993.

He married his wife Natalia Yurchenko, who is a 5-time world champion in gymnastics, in November 1988. The family moved to the USA in 1999, settling in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania where Igor coached year round soccer and Natalia was a gymnastics coach. In January 2009, Igor accepted a position with a professional soccer club in Novosibirsk, Russia. Now he lives in Chicago coaching the u-14 team, FC Drive.



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