• 2002.
  • Evgeny LOVCHEV (06.08.1975, Moscow).
  • Exactly 20 years ago, his full namesake, who was also his father, was recognized as the Best Football Player of the Soviet Union in 1972. The family tradition was continued. The son also became the best football player in the country, but in different circumstances. A year earlier, Evgeny, together with FC Zhenis, won the Kazakhstan Championship. And now he has added the title of winner of the National Cup. And he went down in history as the scorer of the first goal of Independent Kazakhstan in European competition. In the games with FC Sheriff (Moldova) he scored in both matches. He had a stable season and stood out among the top players of other teams in the league. He had 32 league games and 6 goals, 6 games and 1 goal in the Cup.