Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing Soviet Union | ||
Men's Football | ||
1988 Seoul | Team Competition |
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Igor Yevgenyevich Sklyarov | ||
Date of birth | 31 August 1966 | ||
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.