In 1964, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches.
He played in Burevetsnik Kharkiv and CSKA Moscow. He retired from playing in 1972, and had a managerial career in "Burevetsnik", CSKA (Rostov-on-Don), Spartak Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Avtomobilist Samara, and VC Belogorie.