Andrey Nikolayevich Bukhlitsky (; born 7 February 1982) is a former Russian

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player who represented

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in international competitions. His role was

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. Bukhlitsky is a quite successful goalkeeper who was selected as the best keeper of EBSL 2007 season, captured the best keeper award in season regular phase event for 3 times consecutive in that season. He is currently a goalkeeper coach for the national team.

Achievements

National team

* 2007 Season ** EBSL Superfinal,

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, France: 3rd Place ** EBSL Regular Phase Event,

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, France: Champions ** EBSL Regular Phase Event,

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, Italy: Champions * 2008 Season ** ESBL Regular Phase Event, Tignes, France: Champions (beaten France 8–3 at final) **

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: Marseille, France: Quarter-Finals (lost to Brazil) * 2011 Season **

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, Italy: Champions

Individual

* 2007 Season ** ESBL Total season: Best Goalkeeper ** EBSL Regular Phase Event, Tignes, France: Best Goalkeeper ** EBSL Regular Phase Event,

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, Portugal: Best Goalkeeper ** EBSL Regular Phase Event, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy: Best Goalkeeper * 2008 Season ** EBSL Regular Stage Event, Tignes, France: Best Goalkeeper * 2011 Season **

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Golden Glove * 2012 Season **Merited Master of Sports (21 December 2012)

Club

; Lokomotiv Moscow (beach soccer) *Russian National Beach Soccer Championship (1): 2011 *Russian National Beach Soccer Championship — Best Goalkeeper (1): 2011

External links

Profile on BSWW

LJ Blog

References

1982 births Living people Russian men's footballers Footballers from Moscow Russian beach soccer players Men's association football goalkeepers Beach soccer goalkeepers FC Izhevsk players European Games gold medalists for Russia Beach soccer players at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in beach soccer Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Russian expatriate sportspeople in Spain FC Kuzbass Kemerovo players FC Tver players 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-goalkeeper-stub