# Yury Kavalyow

Yury Kavalyow (Belarusian: Юрый Кавалёў; Russian: Юрий Ковалёв; born 27 January 1993) is a Belarusian professional football who plays as a right midfielder or left midfielder for Russian club Baltika Kaliningrad and the Belarus national team. He has also played for Belarus U21.

## Club career

On 15 January 2020, he signed a 2.5-year contract with Russian Premier League club Arsenal Tula.
On 12 January 2024, Kavalyow's contract with Orenburg was terminated by mutual consent.
On 7 February 2024, Kavalyow signed a contract with Baltika Kaliningrad until the end of the 2023–24 season, with an option to extend for 2024–25. On 30 May 2024, the performance-based option was triggered, automatically extending his contract for the 2024–25 season.

## International career

Kavalyow made his first appearance for the national team on 10 October 2017, playing the first 65 minutes of the 1–2 loss against France in a 2018 World Cup qualifier.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 2 June 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2012 | Belarusian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2013 | Belarusian Premier League | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2014 | Belarusian Premier League | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2015 | Belarusian Premier League | 21 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2016 | Belarusian Premier League | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 4 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2017 | Belarusian Premier League | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 34 | 4 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2018 | Belarusian Premier League | 30 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 6 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2019 | Belarusian Premier League | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 7 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Total | Total | 173 | 20 | 27 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 225 | 23 |
| Arsenal Tula | 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Arsenal Tula | 2020–21 | Russian Premier League | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 1 |
| Arsenal Tula | Total | Total | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Arsenal-2 Tula | 2021–22 | Russian Second League | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 |
| Orenburg | 2021–22 | Russian First League | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| Orenburg | 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 25 | 2 |
| Orenburg | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 0 |
| Orenburg | Total | Total | 58 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 6 |
| Baltika | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 262 | 30 | 45 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 334 | 33 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
* 1 2 Appearances in the Belarusian Super Cup
* ↑ Appearances in the promotion play-offs

### International

    As of match played 12 September 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Belarus | 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| Belarus | 2018 | 6 | 1 |
| Belarus | 2019 | 7 | 0 |
| Belarus | 2023 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 22 | 1 |
    Scores and results list Belarus' goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 8 September 2018 | Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus | San Marino | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |

## Honours

Shakhtyor Soligorsk
* Belarusian Cup winner: 2013–14, 2018–19

## Personal life

His younger brother Anton Kavalyow is also professional footballer.