Igor Volchok

{{Short description|Russian football player and coach (1931–2016)}}

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| name = Igor Volchok

| fullname = Igor Semyonovich Volchok

| image =

| birth_date = 4 October 1931

| birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|04|19|1931|10|4|df=y}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russia

| currentclub =

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1950 | clubs1 = Torpedo Moscow | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1951–1952 | clubs2 = CDSA Moscow | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1958 | managerclubs1 = Avangard Elektrostal

| manageryears2 = 1960–1962 | managerclubs2 = Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 1962–1963 | managerclubs3 = Trud Noginsk (assistant)

| manageryears4 = 1964–1965 | managerclubs4 = Shakhtyor Karaganda (assistant)

| manageryears5 = 1966 | managerclubs5 = Shakhtyor Karaganda (director)

| manageryears6 = 1967 | managerclubs6 = Zorya Luhansk (assistant)

| manageryears7 = 1968–1970 | managerclubs7 = Volga Kalinin

| manageryears8 = 1971 | managerclubs8 = Lokomotiv Moscow (director)

| manageryears9 = 1972 | managerclubs9 = Lokomotiv Moscow

| manageryears10 = 1973–1978 | managerclubs10 = Lokomotiv Moscow

| manageryears11 = 1979 | managerclubs11 = Kazakh SSR

| manageryears12 = 1979–1981 | managerclubs12 = Kairat

| manageryears13 = 1982 | managerclubs13 = Tavriya Simferopol

| manageryears14 = 1983–1985 | managerclubs14 = Lokomotiv Moscow

| manageryears15 = 1990–1991 | managerclubs15 = Navbahor Namangan

| manageryears16 = 1993–1995 | managerclubs16 = Shinnik Yaroslavl

| manageryears17 = 1996–1998 | managerclubs17 = Rubin Kazan

| manageryears18 = 1998–2000 | managerclubs18 = Avtomobilist Noginsk

| manageryears19 = 2001–2002 | managerclubs19 = Yelets

| manageryears20 = 2003 | managerclubs20 = Navbahor Namangan

| manageryears21 = 2003–2004 | managerclubs21 = Yelets (consultant)

| manageryears22 = 2005 | managerclubs22 = Yelets

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Igor Semyonovich Volchok ({{langx|ru|Игорь Семёнович Волчок}}; 4 October 1931 – 19 April 2016) was a Russian professional football player and a coach.

Career

Volchok played for Moscow clubs Torpedo (1950) and CDSA (1951–52).

As a manager, Volchok led Rubin Kazan to promotion to the Russian First Division and the 1/16-finals of the Russian Cup (football).{{cite news|publisher=Biznes Online (Kazan)|title=Спасибо Деду за победу! Ушел из жизни бывший главный тренер "Рубина" Игорь Волчок|url=https://sport.business-gazeta.ru/article/157302|language=ru|date=22 April 2016|access-date=19 February 2020}}

As a coach, famous for the fact that many of his charges later successfully expressed themselves in coaching: Yuri Semin, Vladimir Eshtrekov, Alexander Averyanov, Valery Gazzaev, Givi Nodia, Valery Petrakov, Vladimir Shevchuk, Vitaly Shevchenko, Valery Gladilin, Kurban Berdyev.