Background
Sergey Alexandrovich Solovyev was born on March 9 (February 24) in 1915 in the village of Sokol in the Vologda province (now the town of Sokol in the Vologda region).
Sergey Alexandrovich Solovyev was born on March 9 (February 24) in 1915 in the village of Sokol in the Vologda province (now the town of Sokol in the Vologda region).
After completing his playing career, Sergey Solovyev graduated from the school of coaches at the State Central Institute of Physical Culture in 1953.
In 1932-1935 Sergey Alexandrovich was a trainee of the football team of Krasnaya Zvezda factory (Sokol) - the team of the Union of wallets.
Later he played for FC Dynamo Vologda, and in 1937 was called up for military service and played football for the command of the Leningrad Military District. After military service Sergey Alexandrovich remained in Leningrad and in 1939 played for Dynamo Leningrad.
On May 5, 1940 Sergey first came out to play on the field for Dynamo Moscow and later played for this team until the end of his football career in 1952.
After completing his playing career, from 1954 to 1967 he trained Dynamo junior teams.
Sergey Solovyev scored the greatest number of goals in the USSR football Championships in 1940 and 1948 and still remains the top scorer of Dynamo in the domestic championships.
In 1948, Sergey Alexandrovich set a record in the USSR championship, scoring three goals for three minutes. It happened in the match Dynamo - Torpedo on June 24, 1948. When Dynamo played all 28 matches, and the USSR championship of 1948 ended, Sergey Solovyev became the best scorer for the second time in his life, scoring 25 goals.
The best scorer of the USSR championships in 1940 (23 goals in 21 matches) and in 1948 (25 goals in 26 matches). The finalist of the USSR Cup (1945, 1949, 1950). He ranks second among the top scorers in the USSR Cup (17 goals). Among the team players, he scored more jubilee goals in the national championships: the 300th, 400th and 500th.
Sergey Alexandrovich is the winner of the jubilee Cup of the Central Council of Dynamo in 1948 (he played 2 matches, scored 2 goals). He is Moscow Champion (1942, spring) and silver prize-winner of city Championships (1942, autumn, 1943). The winner of the Cup of Moscow (1941), the finalist of the Cup of Moscow (1942). Member of the team's memorable trips to Great Britain (1945, autumn) and Scandinavia (1947, autumn), victorious matches with Slavia Sofia, Bulgaria (1940, September), Partizan Belgrade, Yugoslavia (1946), Vashash Budapest, Hungary (1949), and the GDR team (1951).
In the list of "33 best" he is No. 1 (in 1950 among left wingers), No. 2 (in 1948 among centre forwards). In bandy - two-time champion of the USSR (1951, 1952), silver medalist of the USSR championship (1950), winner of the USSR Cup (1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953).