Aleksandr Kovalyov (footballer, born 1980)

Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Kovalyov (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Ковалёв; 13 May 1980, in Moscow – 13 July 2005, in Bryansk Oblast) was a Russian football player.[1]

Aleksandr Kovalyov
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Kovalyov
Date of birth (1980-05-13)13 May 1980
Place of birth Moscow, Russian SFSR
Date of death 13 July 2005(2005-07-13) (aged 25)
Place of death Bryansk Oblast, Russia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 FC Torpedo-ZIL-M Moscow
2001–2003 FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow 36 (0)
2004 SK Torpedo Moscow
2004 FC Lada Togliatti 11 (1)
2005 FC Torpedo-RG (amateur)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kovalyov played in the Russian Premier League with FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow.

Kovalyov was returning to Moscow after watching a Russian Cup match between FC Dynamo Bryansk and FC Dynamo Moscow with Bryansk player Aleksei Musatov in July 2005.[2] Both footballers were killed in a traffic accident caused by a moose running onto the road.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile by footballfacts.ru" (in Russian). Footballfacts.
  2. ^ "Лось погубил двух динамовцев" (in Russian). Gazeta.Ru. 14 July 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. ^ Два футболиста брянского «Динамо» погибли в результате ДТП (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. 14 July 2005. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012.