Boris Ignatyev

**Boris Petrovich Ignatyev** (, 5 December 1940 – 27 January 2026) was a Russian football manager and player. Ignatyev spent only one season in the Soviet Top League, with Volga Gorky in 1964. He played as a midfielder. He also managed the Soviet Union national under-18 football team. Between 1996 and 1998 he coached the Russia national team.

Ignatyev was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2024. He died from the disease in Moscow on 27 January 2026 at the age of 85.

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Boris Ignatyev
- **fullname**: Boris Petrovich Ignatyev
- **image**: Матч «Динамо» - «Боруссия» М 1-2. 29 августа 2012 года — 270797.jpg
- **caption**: Ignatyev in 2012
- **birth place**: Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- **death place**: Moscow, Russia
- **height**: 1.75 m
- **youthyears1**: 1956–1959
- **youthclubs1**: FC Spartak Moscow, Spartak Moscow
- **years1**: 1960
- **clubs1**: FC Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow
- **caps1**: 0
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1960–1961
- **clubs2**: FC Izhevsk, Zenit Izhevsk
- **years3**: 1962
- **clubs3**: FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod, Raketa Sormovo
- **caps3**: 27
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 1963–1967
- **clubs4**: FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod, Volga Gorky
- **caps4**: 138
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 1968–1969
- **clubs5**: FC Dynamo Makhachkala, Dynamo Makhachkala
- **caps5**: 53
- **goals5**: 3
- **years6**: 1970
- **clubs6**: Meteor Zhukovsky
- **years7**: 1971
- **clubs7**: FC Zhenis, Dynamo Tselinograd
- **years8**: 1972
- **clubs8**: FC Neftyanik Ufa, Stroitel Ufa
- **manageryears1**: 1973–1975
- **managerclubs1**: FC Torpedo Vladimir, Torpedo Vladimir
- **manageryears2**: 1976–1989
- **managerclubs2**: Soviet Union national under-18 football team, USSR U19
- **manageryears3**: 1989–1990
- **managerclubs3**: UAE (club team)
- **manageryears4**: 1990
- **managerclubs4**: Iraq national under-23 football team, Iraq Olympic
- **manageryears5**: 1990–1991
- **managerclubs5**: Soviet Union Olympic football team, USSR Olympic
- **manageryears6**: 1992–1993
- **managerclubs6**: Russia national under-21 football team, Russia U21
- **manageryears7**: 1992–1996
- **managerclubs7**: Russia national football team, Russia (assistant)
- **manageryears8**: 1996–1998
- **managerclubs8**: Russia national football team, Russia
- **manageryears9**: 1998–2000
- **managerclubs9**: FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow, Torpedo-ZIL Moscow
- **manageryears10**: 2001
- **managerclubs10**: Shandong Taishan F.C., Shandong Luneng
- **manageryears11**: 2002
- **managerclubs11**: FC Alania Vladikavkaz, Alania Vladikavkaz (consultant)
- **manageryears12**: 2003
- **managerclubs12**: FC Lokomotiv Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow (sports director)
- **manageryears13**: 2004
- **managerclubs13**: FC Leon Saturn Ramenskoye, Saturn Moscow Oblast
- **manageryears14**: 2006
- **managerclubs14**: FC Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow (sports director)
- **manageryears15**: 2007–2008
- **managerclubs15**: FC Leon Saturn Ramenskoye, Saturn Moscow Oblast (assistant)
- **manageryears16**: 2009
- **managerclubs16**: FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
- **manageryears17**: 2009–2010
- **managerclubs17**: FC Lokomotiv Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow (assistant)
- **manageryears18**: 2010–2012
- **managerclubs18**: FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
- **manageryears19**: 2012–2013
- **managerclubs19**: FC Torpedo Moscow, Torpedo Moscow
- **manageryears20**: 2013–2018
- **managerclubs20**: FC Torpedo Moscow, Torpedo Moscow (VP)