Vladimir Covalschi

Early life Born in Rada Tilly in the Escalante Department of Argentina, Covalschi is of Russian descent. Growing up he played rugby union, and represented Rada Tilly, Chubut, Calafate and Hindú Club, as well as a select team of the (Southern Rugby Union).

Club career In 2010, Covalschi saw an advertisement for a new Spanish reality television show, , while walking to university in Buenos Aires. Despite having never played organised football before, he decided to sign up, where he was one of three Argentines selected to travel to Madrid for the competition.

He moved to Comisión de Actividades Infantiles (CAI) for the 2016 season, where he represented the side in the Torneo Argentino B, and the following year, after signing for Newbery, In January 2019, he joined Real Pilar, and would feature for them in their historic Copa Argentina match against Vélez Sarsfield; despite being four divisions lower than Vélez, they won 1–0 at the Estadio Alfredo Beranger, making history as they became the first team from the Argentinian fifth division to reach the last-16 of the competition.

In September 2025, Covalschi came out of retirement, moving to Spain to join sixth division side Club Argentino. He scored his first goal for the club on 11 January 2026 in a 3–1 win against Escuela de Fútbol Usera.

Later life Following his retirement from football, Covalschi took an interest in both acting and modelling, making his theatrical debut in October 2019 in Claudio Hamed's Antes de que sea tarde (Before it's too late). In late 2020, he signed an international advertising contract with British cough drop manufacturers, Halls. He later took up taekwondo, and in June 2022 he won a local tournament in Mendoza.

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