Vyacheslav Solovyov (footballer)

Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Solovyov (Вячеслав Дмитриевич Соловьёв; born 18 January 1925; died 7 September 1996) was a Soviet football player and coach. He is also a veteran of the World War II and received such decorations like a medal "For the Defence of Moscow" and a medal "For Courage".

Solovyov was born in a populated place near train station Veshnyaki, Moskovsky Uyezd.

Club career
As a player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1946 for CDKA Moscow. However his playing career has started before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.

Coaching career
It was with Solovyov, Dynamo Kyiv won its first league's title back in 1961.

In 1987 as a manager of SC Tavriya Simferopol, Solovyov reached the 1986–87 Soviet Cup semifinals and gained promotion to the 1988 Soviet First League. His players were honored with titles of masters of sports of the Soviet Union: Borys Biloshapka, Serhiy Shevchenko, Viktor Halustov, Ihor Leonov, Semen Osynovskyi, Ihor Lyalin, Sergei Dementyev, Viktor Budnyk, Oleksandr Isayev.

As a player

 * Soviet Top League champion: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951.
 * Soviet Top League runner-up: 1949.
 * Soviet Top League bronze: 1953.
 * Soviet Cup winner: 1948, 1951.

As a coach

 * Soviet Top League champion: 1961.