| Vyacheslav Dayev | |
| Fullname: | Vyacheslav Yevgenyevich Dayev |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Tula, Soviet Union |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | FC Lokomotiv Moscow (U-21 assistant coach) |
| Youthclubs1: | Tula machine-building factory |
| Years1: | 1991 |
| Caps1: | 25 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Years2: | 1992 |
| Clubs2: | Iskra Smolensk |
| Caps2: | 10 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 1993–1994 |
| Clubs3: | Kristall Smolensk |
| Caps3: | 56 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 1995 |
| Clubs4: | Krylia Sovetov Samara |
| Caps4: | 29 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1996–1998 |
| Clubs5: | Baltika Kaliningrad |
| Caps5: | 92 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 1999–2001 |
| Clubs6: | Torpedo Moscow |
| Caps6: | 87 |
| Goals6: | 8 |
| Years7: | 2002 |
| Clubs7: | CSKA Moscow |
| Caps7: | 22 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2003–2004 |
| Clubs8: | Shinnik Yaroslavl |
| Caps8: | 32 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Totalcaps: | 353 |
| Totalgoals: | 20 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2001–2002 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 2007 |
| Managerclubs1: | FC Torpedo Moscow (caretaker) |
| Manageryears2: | 2008–2009 |
| Managerclubs2: | FC Torpedo Moscow |
| Manageryears3: | 2010–2011 |
| Managerclubs3: | Russia U-19 |
| Manageryears4: | 2017– |
| Managerclubs4: | FC Lokomotiv Moscow (U-21 assistant) |
Vyacheslav Yevgenyevich Dayev (Russian: Вячеслав Евгеньевич Даев; born 6 September 1972) is a Russian association football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with the Under-21 squad of FC Lokomotiv Moscow.
He has played eight matches for Russia national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
After finishing his playing career he worked a children's coach in Torpedo Moscow football school. In 2007, he was appointed as a caretaker manager at Torpedo after Georgi Yartsev was sacked. Daev was remaining at that position for five weeks until he was replaced by Ravil Sabitov.
Next year Ravil Sabitov was sacked and Dayev became Torpedo Moscow caretaker again. He went on to manage the Russia national under-19 football team.[1]