Evgeny Serafimovich Lovchev (; born 29 January 1949) is a Russian sports journalist, a former footballer, football and futsal manager. Honours Soviet Top League winner: 1969. Soviet Top League runner-up: 1974. Soviet Top League bronze: 1970. Soviet Cup winner: 1971. Top 33 players year-end list: 7 times. Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1972. Career He was capped 52 times for USSR, playing the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1970, he became the first player to be booked on a World Cup match, in the opening game of the tournament against Mexico. Personal His son Evgeniy Lovchev played football professionally, including Kazakhstan national football team. References External links Profile 1949 births Footballers from Moscow Living people Russian footballers Soviet footballers Soviet Union international footballers Soviet Top League players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Dynamo Moscow players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Soviet football managers Russian football managers Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Russian sports journalists Association football defenders