| Nikolai Kovardaev | |
| Fullname: | Nikolai Nikolayevich Kovardaev |
| Birth Date: | 24 September 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Volokolamsk, Russian SFSR |
| Height: | 1.82 m |
| Currentclub: | Lokomotiv Moscow (women) (U-21) |
| Position: | Forward |
| Years1: | 1987 |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1988 |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1989–1991 |
| Caps3: | 87 |
| Goals3: | 15 |
| Years4: | 1992–1993 |
| Caps4: | 3 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1992–1993 |
| Caps5: | 41 |
| Goals5: | 20 |
| Years6: | 1993 |
| Caps6: | 22 |
| Goals6: | 13 |
| Years7: | 1994–1996 |
| Caps7: | 88 |
| Goals7: | 21 |
| Years8: | 1997–1998 |
| Caps8: | 21 |
| Goals8: | 3 |
| Years9: | 1999 |
| Caps9: | 16 |
| Goals9: | 2 |
| Years10: | 2000–2003 |
| Clubs10: | FC Khimki |
| Caps10: | 98 |
| Goals10: | 27 |
| Manageryears1: | 2003–2004 |
| Managerclubs1: | FC Khimki (team supervisor) |
| Manageryears2: | 2004–2006 |
| Managerclubs2: | FC Khimki (assistant) |
| Manageryears3: | 2007 |
| Managerclubs3: | FC Khimki (U-21) |
| Manageryears4: | 2008–2009 |
| Managerclubs4: | FC Saturn Moscow Oblast (U-21 assistant) |
| Manageryears5: | 2009–2010 |
| Managerclubs5: | FC Saturn Moscow Oblast (assistant) |
| Manageryears6: | 2011 |
| Managerclubs6: | FC Metalurh Donetsk (assistant) |
| Manageryears7: | 2012 |
| Managerclubs7: | FC Dynamo Moscow (assistant) |
| Manageryears8: | 2012–2013 |
| Managerclubs8: | FC Dynamo Moscow (U-21) |
| Manageryears9: | 2013–2014 |
| Managerclubs9: | FC Dynamo Moscow (assistant) |
| Manageryears10: | 2014–2015 |
| Managerclubs10: | FC Sibir Novosibirsk (assistant) |
| Manageryears11: | 2015–2016 |
| Managerclubs11: | FC Mordovia Saransk (assistant) |
| Manageryears12: | 2016 |
| Manageryears13: | 2017 |
| Managerclubs13: | FC SKA-Khabarovsk (assistant) |
| Manageryears14: | 2017 |
| Manageryears15: | 2017–2019 |
| Managerclubs15: | Russia U-19 |
| Manageryears16: | 2017–2018 |
| Managerclubs16: | FC Dynamo Moscow (U-21) |
| Manageryears17: | 2018 |
| Managerclubs17: | FC Dynamo Moscow (analyst) |
| Manageryears18: | 2019 |
| Manageryears19: | 2019–2020 |
| Managerclubs19: | FC Arsenal Tula (U-21) |
| Manageryears20: | 2020 |
| Managerclubs20: | FC Arsenal Tula (assistant) |
| Manageryears21: | 2020–2021 |
| Managerclubs21: | FC Arsenal Tula (U-21) |
| Manageryears22: | 2022 |
| Managerclubs22: | FC Torpedo-2 Moscow |
| Manageryears23: | 2022 |
| Managerclubs23: | FC Torpedo Moscow (assistant) |
| Manageryears24: | 2022–2023 |
| Managerclubs24: | FC Torpedo-2 Moscow |
| Manageryears25: | 2024– |
| Managerclubs25: | Lokomotiv Moscow (women) (U-21) |
Nikolai Nikolayevich Kovardaev (Russian: Николай Николаевич Ковардаев; born 24 September 1970) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who is the manager for the Under-21 squad of women's club Lokomotiv Moscow.
He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for SK EShVSM Moscow. He played 1 game in the UEFA Cup 1992–93 for FC Dynamo Moscow. He also played for FC Lokomotiv Moscow in 1988 in USSR Federation Cup.
On 18 August 2022, Kovardaev was appointed as an assistant manager of the Russian Premier League club FC Torpedo Moscow.[1]