Valery Viktorovich Kechinov (; born 5 August 1974) is an Uzbekistani and

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former international

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, who played as a

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. He spent the majority of his playing career at

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Playing career

Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the

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title, before moving to Moscow. With Spartak, Kechinov won six

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titles and one

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. In 2001, after falling out with

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, Kechinov spent almost entire season on the bench and at the end of the season signed a deal with Saturn Ramenskoe. Kechinov wasn't the only player to have problems with the Spartak management at that time, earlier other star players such as Ilia Tsymbalar,

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, Sergey Yuran,

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and Evgeniy Bushmanov were forced to leave the team for similar reasons. After a brief spell at

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, Kechinov moved to Shinnik, where he spent the next three years of his career, until retiring in 2004.

Managing career

He worked as

reserve coach in 2006–2008, assisting

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. In June 2008, Romaschenko left to manage

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, and Kechinov followed him to an assistant manager role. He was fired from Tom along with Romaschenko on 4 September 2008 after a string of bad results.

Career statistics

International goals

Honours

Player

Pakhtakor *

: 1992 Spartak *

: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 * Russian Cup: 1993/1994 * Russian Cup runner-up: 1995/1996 Individual *

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: 1992 *

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: 1992 (24 goals) * The best 33 football players of Russia: 1997

Manager

Spartak * Russian Reserve Championship: 2006, 2007

External links

*
Profile at Krylia Sovetov unofficial website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kechinov, Valery 1974 births Living people Footballers from Tashkent Men's association football midfielders Soviet men's footballers Uzbekistani men's footballers Russian men's footballers Uzbekistan men's international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russia men's international footballers Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Saturn Ramenskoye players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players Uzbekistan Super League players Russian Premier League players Dual internationalists (men's football) Uzbekistani people of Russian descent 20th-century Russian sportsmen