Famous People with Name Ilya

Ilya Yavruyan            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Ilya Yavruyan: is a Russia born Armenian football striker, currently playing in Israeli soccer top league Ligat ha'Al. Since June 16, 2008, Yavruyan is a Maccabi Tel Aviv player, after all the details were cloesd with his old club.

Ilya Gurevich            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Ilya Gurevich: is a Ukrainian-born American chess grandmaster. He became a chess master at 12 years, 3 months. In 1983 he was National Scholastic Elementary School Chess Champion in the U.S. In 1984, as a 13-year-old he won the World under-14 championship in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina.

Ilya Nikolayevich Bryzgalov            Origin/Culture/Country: Togliatti,

Ilya Nikolayevich Bryzgalov: is a professional ice hockey goaltender for the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League. He was selected in the second round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, 44th overall, by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He was a member of the 2002 Russian Olympic team, being awarded a bronze medal. Bryzgalov also made the majority of the starts for the Russian squad at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, playing in 240 minutes and recording a 2.34 GAA in three games.Bryzgalov started his professional career in Russian hockey league in 1999. He was "rented" to a second-league team (which used to be a usual practice for rookie players in Russia)

Ilya Maksimov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Ilya Maksimov: a midfielder for Russian side FC Sportakademklub Moscow.

Ilya Vladimirovich Tsymbalar            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Ilya Vladimirovich Tsymbalar: a former Ukrainian and Russian football midfielder. Currently, he is head-coach of FC Nizhny Novgorod, which plays in the Russian Second Division.At club level, Tsymbalar has played for Dinamo Odessa (1987), SKA Odessa (1987–89), FC Chornomorets Odessa (1986, 1989–93), Spartak Moscow (1993–99), Lokomotiv Moscow (2000), Anzhi Makhachkala (2001–2002). Tsymbalar was named Russian Footballer of the Year in 1995. He retired after the 2002 season with Anzhi Makhachkala.