Valery Belov
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| Valery Belov | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
24 January 1967 | ||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | |||
| Current ZhHL coach | Sakhalin | ||
| Coached for | |||
| National team |
 Russia | ||
| Playing career | 1987–2001 | ||
| Coaching career | 2000–present | ||
Valery Gennadyevich Belov (Russian: Валерий Геннадьевич Белов; born 24 January 1967) is Soviet-born Russian ice hockey coach and retired professional ice hockey player. He has served as head coach to Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) since 2025.
Belov began his playing career with HC Torpedo Togliatti in Class A2 of the Soviet Championship League during the 1987–88 season. He played six seasons with the team, which was renamed HC Lada Togliatti in 1989, and was part of the 1990–91 roster that earned promotion to the top division of the Soviet Championship League. In 1992, the top division of the Soviet Championship League became the International Hockey League (IHL).
Belov represented the Soviet Union in the men's ice hockey tournament at the 1991 Winter Universiade, winning a silver medal with the national university team.
He signed with HC Dynamo Moscow ahead of the 1993–94 IHL season. He played 36 of 52 games during the 1994–95 regular season but did not play any games during the 1995 IHL playoffs, in which Dynamo won the championship.[1]
Opting to play abroad, Belov signed with EHC Chur of the Swiss National League B for the 1995–96 season. He ranked thrid on the team for scoring, with 19 goals and 45 points in 34 games, as the team finished at the bottom of the league table.
In the 1996–97 season, he played the Czech Extraliga with HC Bohemex Trade Opava. He amassed seventeen points (8+9) across 40 games as the team finished at the bottom of the league table.
After two international seasons, Belov returned to Russia and played the 1997–98 season and 1998–99 season with HC Dynamo Moscow in the Russian Superleague.
He joined HC Vityaz Podolsk for the 1999–2000 Vysshaya Liga season, in which the team earned promotion to the Russian Superleague. He served as a player-coach for Vityaz during the 2000–01 Russian Superleague season and the 2002–03 Vysshaya Liga season.