Vyacheslav Melnikov (footballer, born 1954)

Vyacheslav Melnikov
	Melnikov in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Melnikov
Date of birth	7 March 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Pavlovo, Pavlovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1975	FC Volga Gorky
1976–1986	FC Zenit Leningrad
Managerial career
1991	FC Zenit St. Petersburg (assistant)
1992–1994	FC Zenit St. Petersburg
1996	FC Torpedo Pavlovo
1997	FC Zenit St. Petersburg (assistant)
1998	FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk
1999–2001	FC Zenit St. Petersburg (director)
2002–2003	FC Zenit St. Petersburg (reserves)
2004–2005	FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg
2006–2007	FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk
2008	FC Dynamo St. Petersburg
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Melnikov (Russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Мельников; born 7 March 1954) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.

Honours[edit]

Soviet Top League champion: 1984.
Soviet Top League bronze: 1980.
Soviet Cup finalist: 1984.
USSR Federation Cup finalist: 1986.

Manager career[edit]

Under his management, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg was relegated from the Russian top-tier Russian Top Division in 1992.

External links[edit]

Vyacheslav Melnikov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)

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