Ilya Petrovich Vorobiev (Russian: Илья Петрович Воробьёв; born in 1975) is a Russian and German retired ice hockey player who most recently coached Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Born in Riga, Vorobiev is the eldest son of the former hockey player and current hockey coach Petr Vorobiev.^[1] After 18 years in Germany he then played for Russia. He finished his career with the Frankfurt Lions (2007—2010).

Vorobiev has been involved with the junior and youth teams of Russia. He participated twice in the all-star game of the German hockey League (1999, 2001). He was a silver medalist of the 2002 German championships as part of the Adler Mannheim. Beside that, Vorobiev was part of the Russian team Metallurg Magnitogorsk, which won the 2007 Russian Superleague.

After retiring for some time he carried out administrative work for the Russian team. In the 2011–12 season, he debuted as a coach. On 3 May 2012 he was appointed the senior coach of the hockey club Metallurg Magnitogorsk. On 17 October 2015 he was appointed head coach.^[2]

On 19 April 2016, in his first season as coach, he led the team to victory in the Gagarin Cup (which he previously won as an assistant coach).

Since 2016 Ilya Vorobiev has been a stable member of the coaching staff of the Russian national team headed by Oleg Znarok. On 12 April 2018 he was appointed acting head coach of Russia.^[3]

On 9 July 2019 he was dismissed from the posts of head coach in the Russian national team and SKA Saint Petersburg.^[4][5]

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External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

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