Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov (russian: Дмитрий Алексеевич Хлестов; born 21 January 1971) is a former

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player.

Club career

He played for FC Spartak Moscow,

Beşiktaş J.K. Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (), also known simply as Beşiktaş (), is a Turkish sports club founded in 1903 that is based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. The club's football team is one of the Big Three in Turkey and one of the most ...

(Turkey),

FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow :''This article refers to the Moscow government team formed in 2004. For the predecessors in the Russian Premier League, see FC Torpedo-ZIL and FC Torpedo-Metallurg.'' FC Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб Москва) was a Russian ...

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 ...

. After 2008 he played in some amateur teams.

International

He played for

Russia national football team The Russia national football team (russian: Сборная России по футболу, Sbornaya Rossii po futbolu) represents the Russia, Russian Federation in men's international association football. It is controlled by the Russian Footb ...

and was a participant at the

1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States ...

. Khlestov is one of the two players (along with his former teammate

Dmitri Ananko Dmitri Vasilyevich Ananko (russian: Дмитрий Васильевич Aнaнкo; born 29 September 1973) is a Russian football coach and a former association football player. Honours * Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 ...

) who won the Russian League 9 times.

Honours

* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 * Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2003

References

External links

Profile
at RussiaTeam * * 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 {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub