title: Lev Platonov
text: # Lev Platonov
  
  Lev Vasilyevich Platonov (Russian: Лев Васильевич Платонов; born 10 May 1940) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.
  
  ## Coaching career
  
  The highest level he managed at was the second-tier 1999 Russian First Division and 2000 Russian First Division with FC Kristall Smolensk.
  
  Later he managed FC Terek Grozny early in the 2002 season of the Russian Second Division. Terek was promoted to the Russian First Division at the end of the season, Platonov was replaced as a manager by that time.
  
  