[1] He also competed for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

[2] His creative skills are immortalized by Konstantin Beskov's famous phrase "If you don't know what to do with the ball, pass it to Gavrilov".

Gavrilov achieved the key playmaker role in new Spartak Moscow team built up by Beskov.

After being winger in Dinamo, Gavrilov's new role in Spartak team let him show his best abilities and proved himself one of the all-time best Soviet football creative mid-fielders.

He coached DR Congo in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Ivory Coast.