Ex-coach of the Russian national soccer team Ignatyev underwent gastric surgery

Former head coach of the Russian national soccer team Boris Ignatyev has undergone a stomach operation. This was told by the ex-coach himself on December 8.

"In general, health leaves much to be desired. There was an operation on the stomach, serious, but not much to shout doom," shared Ignatiev in an interview with TASS. .

Earlier in the day, the media reported that Ignatiev was diagnosed with cancer. He himself, commenting on this, said that he had not yet been "notified of this by anyone."

Boris Ignatiev was born in 1940. From 1996 to 1998 he headed the national team of the Russian national team. After managing the soccer clubs "Torpedo", "Torpedo-ZIL", "Saturn". From 2013 to 2018 he was vice-president of Torpedo.

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