Igor Ledyakhov - footballer, master of sports of the USSR

Igor Ledyakhov is a famous Soviet and Russian football player. Acted as a midfielder. He became famous for playing for Moscow "Spartak" and playing in the Spanish top division. In 1990 he received the title of Master of Sports of the USSR - one of the last in history.

Early career

Igor Ledyakhov was born in Sochi on May 22, 1968. His professional football career began in "Torpedo" from Taganrog in 1986, when he turned 18 years old. The team at that time played in the second league of the USSR championship. In his debut season, Ledyakhov appeared on the field 7 times.

Since 1988, he is in favor of the Rostov SKA. Here he becomes a full-fledged player in the main team - for two seasons, he holds 64 games in the field, in which he scores 1 goal.

Then in his career was a short-lived and unsuccessful voyage to Dnepropetrovsk. In the local "Dnieper" Igor Ledyakhov did not find his place in the field, having spent only 5 games. The last season of the Soviet championship is played for the Volgograd "Rotor". Together with the team wins the championship in the First League. Ledyakhov spent 34 of 42 matches on the field, in which he scored twice. Volgogradtsy win 24 wins and from the next season provide themselves a place in the highest echelon of domestic football.

Debut in "Spartacus"

Igor Ledyakhov from next season also moves to the Major League, but not to "Rotor", and to Moscow's "Spartak". Head coach Oleg Romantsev builds a battle-worthy team, ready to defeat any opponent, and Ledyakhova is in her place.

Here, he not only assists well, but also shows his bombardier qualities. For 3 seasons in the "red-white" scores 21 goals. In 1992 he became the champion of Russia, he was among the 33 best players of the tournament. And he shares the title of the best midfielder with teammates - Valery Karpin, Andrei Pyatnitsky and Dmitry Popov. And also recognized as the best player of the year according to the version of the publication "Sport-Express."

In the next two seasons, he gets two more titles of the champion of Russia, once again gets into the rating of the best players of the tournament. Having won almost everything that was possible in the homeland, he decides to try to continue his career in the West.

Foreign voyage

Ledyakhov Igor A. in the course of 1994 moved to the Spanish championship - in the Gijón "Sporting". The team stands in the elite, but the stars from the sky are not enough. In the debut for the Russian season, "Sporting" takes 18th place in the top division and sent to play transitional matches for the right to remain in the elite of Spanish football. The club can withstand the struggle to survive, but next year the story almost repeats itself. Only thanks to several victories at the finish line the team is gaining 46 points, this result allows it to protect itself from further struggle for survival.

In 1998, "Sporting" still flies. Only two wins in 38 games doomed the team to drop in the class. The team is gaining 13 points, which is 32 less than that of the retained residence permit in the "Tenerife" elite.

Despite the decline in the class, the team does not leave Igor Ledyakhov. Footballer in her performs until 2002. True, it is not possible to return to the top division. In his last year for "Sporting" Ledyakhov takes 6th place. In total, he played 209 matches in the team, which scored 41 goals.

Further career

Speaking in Spain, Igor Ledyakhov, whose goals have amazed many of the world's football experts, is holding a year in rent in an exotic Japanese championship.

In the team "Yokagama Marinos" he plays in 2008. The result exceeds all expectations - 23 games and 15 goals. After that, the midfielder returns to Spain.

"Sporting" leaves only in 2002, having moved to another team of Segunda (the first Spanish division), "Eibar". Here he spends 19 matches, in which he differs once. The team finishes the season in 17th place, and Ledyakhov decides to hang the boots on the nail. He completes his career in 35 years.

Returning to Russia, a few years later decides to try his hand at the coaching field: first the head of the team in Rostov, then the assistant head coach in the youth squad of Spartak. In 2008, a little less than a month, he acts as the head coach of the main team of "red-white", and then again becomes assistant.

In 2009, he gets the opportunity to lead a serious team for a long time. It becomes Yaroslavl "Shinnik". A year later the contract was terminated by agreement of the parties, the team at that time acted in the First Division. The last place of work of Ledyakhov was the coaching staff of the Grozny "Terek".