Vladimir Beschastnykh

Vladimir Beschastnykh
Beschastnykh in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh
Date of birth	(1974-04-01) 1 April 1974 (age 40)
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Forward/Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Spartak Moscow (U-21 manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1991	Zvezda Moscow	1	(0)
1991–1994	Spartak Moscow	62	(35)
1994–1996	Werder Bremen	56	(11)
1996–2001	Racing Santander	140	(28)
2001–2002	Spartak Moscow	42	(21)
2002–2003	Fenerbahçe	12	(1)
2003–2004	Kuban	21	(8)
2004–2005	Dinamo Moscow	21	(4)
2005	Oryol	22	(3)
2006–2007	Khimki	42	(9)
2007–2008	Volga Tver	8	(0)
2008	Astana	25	(4)
National team
1992–2003	Russia[1][2]	71	(26)
Teams managed
2014–	Spartak Moscow (U-21)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh (Russian: Влади́мир Евге́ньевич Бесча́стных; IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr jɪvˈgʲenʲɪvʲɪt͡ɕ bʲɪˈɕːasnɨx]; born 1 April 1974) is an association football manager and a former player who played as forward.

From 1992 to 2003, he played 71 internationals, and featured at two World Cups and Euro 96. With 26 goals, he is alongside Aleksandr Kerzhakov the joint all-time goal leader for the Russian national team. He is also the record goalscorer in the Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, with 20 goals for FC Spartak Moscow, for whom he now coaches the under-21 team.

Club career

His club career that started in 1991, with Beschastnykh playing for Zvezda Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Werder Bremen, Racing Santander, Fenerbahçe, and Kuban Krasnodar. In the 2004–05 season he played for FC Orel in Russia's First Liga (second-level division after Premier Liga).

On 15 December 2005, Beschastnykh signed up with another First Liga club – FC Khimki, a well-funded football team from a Moscow suburb, competing for a place in the upper echelon of the Russian championship.

In May 2007, FC Khimki released Beschastnykh. After playing for Kazakh Premier League side FC Astana in 2008, he retired from playing.

International career

For Russia, Beschastnykh has scored 26 goals in 71 caps, his first coming in 1992. He is the top goalscorer for the Russian national team excluding Soviet-era goals (Oleg Blokhin had 42 for the USSR national team). One of these goals came in the 2002 World Cup against Belgium; Beschastnykh also played in the 1994 tournament, as well as in Euro 96.

International goals

Family

His identical twin Mikhail Beschastnykh also played football professionally.

Career statistics

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