Footballer Kirill Kovalchuk: biography, photo

Football Club "Tom" became the seventh collective in the biography of Ukrainian athlete Cyril Kovalchuk. It is interesting that this is his second coming to Russian football. In the period 2009-2011, Kirill already defended the colors of the same "Tom".

Becoming

Who is Kovalchuk Cyril, a footballer whose biography began in a small regional center Belyaevka in the Odessa region? At the age of 18 he, being a pupil of the Dnipropetrovsk Dnipro, held his first matches in Ukrainian football, but, without becoming the main one, the football player went to conquer the green lawns of Moldova, wearing a T-shirt of the local FC Zimbru. The first football year in the club also brought the first titles. The team of Kovalchuk submitted to the silver medals of the championship and the Cup of Moldova.

Moving to Russia

The successes of the young athlete did not go unnoticed, and Cyril received an invitation to a stronger Russian championship. Since 2009, he began to protect the colors of the local "Tom". His first goal, he scored "Wings of the Soviets" from Samara, and in just the next two seasons Kovalchuk spent 35 matches, in which he noted two effective strikes on goal opponents. It is noteworthy that during this period of his career, Cyril was reunited in the same team with his older brother Sergei. The latter was considered a very promising player, but after a short time was forced to change the team.

Kovalchuk Cyril - footballer "Chernomorets"

The next two seasons can be called the brightest in the career of an athlete. He moved to one of the strongest teams in the middle of the tournament table of the Ukrainian championship, the Odessa "Chernomorets". Kovalchuk for a long time and firmly established in the reference area, where due to his anthropometric data stood out against the background of other partners in the role. As the footballer himself later admitted in an interview, at first it was difficult for him to get used to the hot southern climate after the Siberian frosts, however, returning to his native land did his job - Kirill Kovalchuk played with new forces. Footballer became one of the key figures of the then furore, which the team of Roman Grigorchuk produced in Europe. That football year and to this day fans of the Odessa club are remembered with a smile on their faces, because he undoubtedly became the best in the club's new history. With "Chernomorets" is connected one more bright moment in the life of Kovalchuk. Defending the colors of the Odessa club, the football player received a debut challenge to the national team of Ukraine, which was experiencing a change of generations. It's no wonder that fans in South Palmyra Kovalchuk literally worshiped.

Turkish gambit

In total, as part of the Odessa team, Cyril spent 66 matches, after which he "went on promotion" to another Ukrainian club. Since 2015, Cyril Kovalchuk - football player Kharkiv "Metallist", in the ranks of which he had a very successful season. However, the club at the end of the season faced financial difficulties, and the Ukrainian athlete was forced to go to the Turkish championship, where he joined the local club called "Karshiyaka." It is impossible to call this stage of Kovalchuk's career a failure, but 7 matches held during the season - not the result that the athlete was expecting from a new stage of his life.

In the summer of 2016, the football player for the second time was in "Tom" and managed to help his old-new team in 11 matches of the autumn part of the championship. By the way, his debut match came immediately to the match with the champion of the last drawing - Moscow CSKA under the leadership of Leonid Slutsky. The contract of Cyril Kovalchuk is designed for a year, but it provides for an extension option for another year, if it will suit both the club and the athlete himself.

Tom Cruise

In addition to playing qualities, Cyril Kovalchuk also has an outstanding appearance. In a team for a resemblance to a Hollywood actor, he is jokingly named Tom Cruise. Kovalchuk always smiles broadly - it really does look like it. However, the fans of Cyril can only count on a beautiful midfielder's game, because the football player has already played a wedding with a beautiful wife. By the way, it happened just in Tomsk.

Now Kirill Kovalchuk has crossed the thirty-year boundary. For a football player this is a considerable age, and as a rule, the peak of a career is already behind. However, the midfielder does not lose form and is sure that his best matches are yet to come. The benefits of incentives for this are abound.