Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov (russian: Дмитрий Алексеевич Хлестов; born 21 January 1971) is a former
Russia
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football
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player.
Club career
He played for
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dyna ...
,
Beşiktaş J.K. (Turkey),
FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and
FC Sokol Saratov
PFC Sokol (russian: ПФК "Сокол") is a Russian association football club based in Saratov. In 2001 and 2002, Sokol played in the Russian Premier League. Currently the club plays in the third-level FNL 2.
History
The club was founded as ...
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After 2008 he played in some amateur teams.
International
He played for
Russia national football team
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and was a participant at the
1994 FIFA World Cup
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.
Khlestov is one of the two players (along with his former teammate
Dmitri Ananko) who won the Russian League 9 times.
Honours
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Russian Premier League
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winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
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Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2003
References
External links
Profileat RussiaTeam
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1971 births
Footballers from Moscow
Living people
Soviet footballers
Russian footballers
Russia international footballers
Association football midfielders
Dual internationalists (football)
FC Spartak Moscow players
FC Moscow players
FC Sokol Saratov players
Beşiktaş J.K. footballers
FC Arsenal Tula players
1994 FIFA World Cup players
Soviet Top League players
Russian Premier League players
Süper Lig players
Russian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
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