Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh ( rus, Влади́мир Евге́ньевич Бесча́стных, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʲɪˈɕːasnɨx; born 1 April 1974) is a Russian

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manager and a former player who played as forward. He is an assistant coach with Rodina Moscow. From 1992 to 2003, he played 71 internationals, and featured at two World Cups and

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. With 26 goals, was the all-time goal leader for the Russian national team until surpassed by Aleksandr Kerzhakov in September 2014. He is also the record goalscorer in the Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, with 20 goals for

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Club career

Beschastnykh's club career that started in 1991, with Beschastnykh playing for Zvezda Moscow, Spartak Moscow,

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, Racing Santander, Fenerbahçe, and Kuban Krasnodar. In the 2004–05 season he played for

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in the Russian First Division (second-level division after Premier Liga). On 15 December 2005, Beschastnykh signed up with another First Division club –

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, a well-funded football team from a Moscow suburb, competing for a place in the upper echelon of the Russian championship. In May 2007,

released Beschastnykh. After playing for Kazakh Premier League side

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in 2008, he retired from playing.

International career

For Russia, Beschastnykh scored 26 goals in 71 caps, his first coming in 1992. Until Aleksandr Kerzhakov surpassed him in September 2014, he was the top goalscorer for the Russian national team. One of these goals came in the 2002 World Cup against

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; Beschastnykh also played in the

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edition of the tournament, as well as at

.He became the winner Cyprus International Football Tournament 2003

Coaching career

On 16 October 2019, he was appointed manager of

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club Fakel Voronezh, with the team in last place in the table. He left Fakel on 5 September 2020.

Personal life

His identical twin Mikhail Beschastnykh also played football professionally.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Beschastnykh goal.''

Honours

* Russian Championship:

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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: runner-up 1994–95 *

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: 1991–92 * Russian Cup: 1993–94, 2002–03 * DFB-Supercup:

Individual * CIS Cup top goalscorer: 1994, 2002

References

External links

Vladimir Beschastnykh
at RSSSF
Beschastnykh
at Legioner

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