Sergey Dmitrievich Shavlo is a Soviet professional footballer who played in the positions of the central and extreme midfielder. In 1979, he received the title of International Master of Sports of the USSR. He is a bronze medalist in the 1980 Olympic Games as part of the Soviet Union's Olympic football team. During his playing career, Sergey played for many Soviet and Austrian clubs: Electron Riga, Daugava Riga, Spartak Moscow, Iskra Smolensk, Torpedo Moscow, Rapid Vienna, Favorite AK, " Eintracht Favorite Vienna ”,“ Gerasdorf ”,“ Laxenburg ”. Most notable was the game for the Moscow Spartak and Torpedo. He is the champion of the USSR in 1979 and the owner of the USSR Cup in 1986. Six times entered the list of 33 best football players of the USSR. In the period from 1979 to 1985 he played in the national team of the USSR.
Biography
Sergey Shavlo was born on September 4, 1956 in the city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Region, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. From an early age, Sergei began to get involved in football. At first he played in the yard with the guys, and after a while he signed up for the local section, where he began to train regularly.
The first youth team of Sergei Shavlo was Nikopol's “Trubnik”. Here his football career began and his first successes - the team took part in various city and regional competitions.
Professional career
In 1974, Sergey moved to Riga, where he became a player in the Electron club, which took part in the championship of the Latvian SSR. Having played here for one season, Sergey Shavlo was spotted by representatives of another Riga club called Daugava, who suggested moving to their side.
Sergey was a very talented and intelligent flank midfielder. Thanks to his vision of the field, tactical movements and speed, the team could build attacks of any complexity, because it was Sergey Shavlo who was the main performer of all the important passes and casts. On the account of the young midfielder was the largest number of assists in the championship of the Latvian SSR.
In 1975, the Daugava club played in the second league of the USSR, however, with the advent of a new midfielder, the team began to show better results, and already in 1976 rose to the First League of the USSR. In total, Sergei Shavlo spent two seasons in the club, taking part in 64 official matches, in which he scored 10 goals.
Career at Moscow Spartak
Having demonstrated excellent playing skills in the Riga club, the midfielder attracted interest from the Spartak Moscow, which soon received a proposal for a contract. In 1977, football player Sergei Shavlo joined the “red-white” squad, where he made his debut in the Higher League of the USSR. Over the next five seasons, the midfielder regularly appeared in the first team, with whom in 1979 he became the champion of the USSR. Every season, the midfielder was on the list of 33 best football players of the USSR, where he took second place according to the results of the 1979 season. In general, as part of FC Spartak Moscow, the midfielder played 166 matches and scored 34 goals.
Season in Smolensk Iskra
In 1983, he joined the Smolensk Iskra, which only made it to the First League of the USSR. In the same year, another ex-Spartak player Alexander Kalashnikov joined the team. Both showed a good game, mostly individual - Kalashnikov was recognized as the team's top scorer, having 13 goals in his account, and Sergey Shavlo became the author of 9 goals in a season. Nevertheless, the season was extremely unsuccessful for the Smolensk club - 17th place in the league.
Return to Spartak
Noting the unsuccessful season, Sergei Shavlo left the Iskra and in 1984 returned to the Moscow Spartak, where he played the next two seasons. The return to the "national team" was the right decision. The midfielder continued to act as a key player in the midfield line, twice approaching the gold medals of the USSR championship, but luck left FC Spartak Moscow right at the finish line. In 1984 and 1985, the “red-white” became the silver medalists of the championship, giving way to a small leadership of the Leningrad Zenit and Kiev Dynamo, respectively. In total, in the seasons of 1984 and 1985, Sergey played 57 matches and became the author of 11 goals. In 1984, Sergei Shavlo topped the list of 33 best players of the Soviet Union.
Transition to the Moscow Torpedo
In 1986, the player joined the Moscow Torpedo. Throughout the 1986/87 season, the midfielder took part in 45 official matches and scored one goal. In the debut season for the new club, Shavlo won the USSR Cup.
At the same time, Sergey’s career began to decline - constant injuries, disagreements with the leadership and lack of motivation led to the fact that the player for the first time in many years did not get on the list of the top 33 football players of the country according to the results of the season. Having played the season at Torpedo, Sergey decides to challenge fate with a new challenge - to go on to continue his football career abroad.
Careers in Austrian clubs
In 1987, he received the right to transfer to the Austrian Rapid, with which he signed a contract. As part of the Vienna team, Chavlo will make his debut on April 15, 1988 in a home confrontation with the Admir-Wacker. During the match, the Soviet footballer scored one of the two goals of his team, which brought victory with a score of 2: 1. As a result of the season, the team became the champion of Austria, and Sergey replenished his track record with another achievement.
In the 1988/89 season, the team showed a less successful level of play, perhaps this was due to the fact that Sergei was absent two-thirds of the season due to injury.
In 1989, Schawlo moved from the third favorite league of Austria, “Favorit AK”, where he spent an unremarkable season and left the club, playing 15 matches for him and scoring 3 goals. This was the last professional club in the career of Sergei Shavlo.
As a result, he remained in Austria, but he already played in such amateur clubs as Eintracht Favoriten Vienna, Gerasdorf, Laxenburg. As part of the last club, Chavlo began playing in the ninth division of Austria and in two years managed to rise to the seventh division. In 1997, he completed his football career.
Speeches dedicated to S. Shavlo
During his career for Spartak, the midfielder, like many other players, was rewarded with a personal speech from fans and fans: “The scoreboard flashed brightly - Sergei Shavlo scored a goal!” This straightforward statement was formed after Shavlo scored one of the goals in the match for the USSR Olympic team against Cuba. The match ended with a crushing score of 8: 0. Another version of the river was invented by fans of Dynamo Kyiv: “If the ball is on the scoreboard, then Sergey Shavlo hit.”
Life after the completion of a player’s career
Having finished speaking on the football field, Sergey decided to try himself as a coach in a number of Austrian and Russian clubs. And in 2004, he began working as a selection breeder in the Moscow Spartak.
In September 2005, Sergei Shavlo became the CEO of Spartak, replacing Yuri Pervak. Most of the fans and fans of the “national team” found hope for the best changes after years of stagnation. On the shoulders of Sergey was tasked to revive the glory of the club in the Russian championship.
Under the leadership of Shavlo, such coaches as Nevio Skala, Alexander Starkov, Vladimir Fedotov and Stanislav Cherchesov were appointed to the teams. However, none of these coaches were able to establish the game of Spartak. As a result, in August 2008, Shavlo left his post, replaced by Valery Karpin.
During Shavlo’s leadership, there were a lot of conflict situations in the club, the topics of which were corruption, delayed payments to football players, personal conflicts between the management and the players, match-fixing and much more. All these events were reflected in the book of the football journal Sport-Express Igor Rabiner, entitled “How Spartak was killed.”
In 2008, after a humiliating loss to CSK with a score of 1: 5, the organization of Spartak fans called Fratria began to protest against the club’s leadership. It was Sergei Shavlo who was accused of such defeats with a crushing score, because the club did not take measures to improve the game - buying new players and finding a competent coach.
Representatives of the Fratria fan movement came to the next home match of their favorite team with cartoon banners showing the general director of the Red-White Sergey Shavlo with the caption “Farewell to Mu-mu”. In turn, Shavlo publicly called this kind of action an open circus, but noted that he was ready to answer all questions of displeased fans. Such a meeting with representatives of the Fratria movement was never held.