89 years since the birth of Oleg Sivkov

Oleg Sivkov, a former SKA player and coach, was born on 7 September 1937.

Today, he would have turned 89 years of age.

Born in Leningrad, Oleg spent his entire professional playing career with SKA, before subsequently coaching our club and helping our youth team win the gold (1977), silver (1976) and bronze (1975) medals of the USSR Championship.

He also worked as the head coach of the senior SKA team in the 1977/1978 campaign.

Oleg was inducted into the SKA Hall of Fame on 15 January 2004. He then sadly passed away 19 November 2007.