Serhiy Kovalyov

{{short description|Ukrainian footballer and manager}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Serhiy Kovalyov

| fullname = Serhiy Mykolayovych Kovalyov

| image = Serhiy Kovalev.jpeg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|11|21}}

| birth_place = Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = {{height|m=1.76}}

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1992–1993

| years2 = 1993

| years3 = 1993–1994

| years4 = 1994–2000

| clubs1 = FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv

| clubs2 = FC Nyva Myronivka

| clubs3 = FC Bazhanovets Makiyivka

| clubs4 = FC Shakhtar Donetsk

| caps1 = 20 | goals1 = 1 | caps2 = 10 | goals2 = 0 | caps3 = 22 | goals3 = 6 | caps4 = 104 | goals4 = 6

| nationalyears1 = 1998–2000{{Cite news|title=Serhiy Kovalyov - International Appearances|publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kovalyov-intl.html}}

| nationalteam1 = Ukraine

| nationalcaps1 = 10

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 2002–2009

| manageryears2 = 2009–2013

| manageryears3 = 2013–2015

| manageryears4 = 2015–2017

| manageryears5 = 2018–2021

| manageryears6 = 2021–2022

| managerclubs1 = Shakhtar Donetsk academy (assistant)

| managerclubs2 = FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk

| managerclubs3 = Shakhtar Donetsk youth team

| managerclubs4 = Shakhtar U19

| managerclubs5 = Metalurh Zaporizhya (assistant)

| managerclubs6 = Oleksandriya (assistant)

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Serhiy Kovalyov ({{langx|uk|Сергій Миколайович Ковальов}}; 21 November 1971 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) was a Ukrainian professional footballer and currently is football manager.

His first trainer was P. Ponomarenko.[http://academy.shakhtar.com/ua/team/coach/?id=26&team_name=u16 Profile at academy.shakhtar.com]

Due to medical condition, Kovalyov was forced to retire from playing.