Illya Kalpachuk

Quick Facts

Full Name	Illya Kalpachuk
Occupation	Football Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 15, 1983(1983-04-15)
Age	41
Birthplace	Tver
Country	Russia
Birth City	Tver Oblast
Horoscope	Aries

Illya Kalpachuk Biography

Illya Kalpachuk is one of the most popular and richest Football Player who was born on April 15, 1983 in Tver, Tver Oblast, Russia.

Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk (Russian: Илья Валерьевич Ковальчук ; born April 15, 1983) is a Russian professional ice hockey player for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings and Montreal Canadiens in the NHL, and Ak Bars Kazan, Khimik Moscow Oblast, and SKA Saint Petersburg in the Russian Superleague (RSL) and Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

As a youth, Kovalchuk played in the 1997 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with Spartak Moscow. He later played for Vysshaya Liga club Spartak Moscow for two seasons before entering the NHL. Drafted by the Thrashers first overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, he became the first Russian to be drafted first overall in the NHL’s history. In club-level competition, Kovalchuk wore the number 17 as a tribute to Valeri Kharlamov, a Soviet superstar in the 1970s.

Illya Kalpachuk Net Worth

Illya Kalpachuk is one of the richest Football Player from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Illya Kalpachuk 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kovalchuk was born in Kalinin (now Tver), a city roughly 180 kilometres northwest of Moscow, the second child and first son of Valeri and Lyubov. Born big, he was named in honour of Ilya Muromets, a legendary figure from Kievan Rus’. Valeri played basketball in Tver; after his career ended, he turned to coaching and was the head of the sport’s school at the Spartak Olympic reserve in the city from 1980 until 1998, while Lyubov was the head of the #2 polyclinic of the #7 Tver city hospital. Valeri would later write a book detailing Kovalchuk’s development as a hockey player, titled “From Tver to Atlanta” (Russian: «От Твери до Атланты») and published in 2004; he died in 2005 due to heart disease. Kovalchuk’s sister, Arina, is seven years older than him. At age seven, Kovalchuk was invited to join the Spartak Moscow youth school, which he went to every weekend, taking the train with his father.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Illya Kalpachuk height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) Oleg weight 227 lb (103 kg; 16 st 3 lb) & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Illya Kalpachuk Dating?

According to our records, Illya Kalpachuk married to Nicole Andrazajtis Kovalchuk. As of December 1, 2023, Illya Kalpachuk’s is not dating anyone.

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Kovalchuk met his future wife, Nicole Andrazajtis, in 2002 after being introduced by mutual friends. Nicole was a well known singer in Russia at the time and was part of the group Mirage. They married in 2008 at Church of Dormition in Russia. Together they have four children: daughters Karolina and Eva, born in 2006 and 2015; and sons Philipp and Artem, born in 2009 and 2010, respectively.

Facts & Trivia

Oleg Ranked on the list of most popular Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Illya Kalpachuk celebrates birthday on April 15 of every year.

Kovalchuk is tied for fourth all-time in the NHL for regular-season overtime goals scored (15), 18th all-time in goals per game average (.511), and the seventh-highest scoring Russian in NHL history. In the NHL, Kovalchuk has twice been named to the end of season All-Star Team, and in 2004 finished in a three-way tie for the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy as the NHL’s leading goal-scorer, sharing it with Jarome Iginla and Rick Nash.