Dmitry Albertovych Tyapushkin ( ua, Дмитро Альбертович Тяпушкін, russian: Дмитрий Альбертович Тяпушкин; born 6 November 1964) is a Russian professional

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 ...

coach and a former Russian-Ukrainian player who also represented

Ukraine national football team The Ukraine national football team ( uk, Збірна України з футболу) represents Ukraine in men's international football and is governed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine. Ukr ...

Club career

Native of Russian Lower

Volga region The Volga Region (russian: Поволжье, ''Povolzhye'', literally: "along the Volga") is a historical region in Russia that encompasses the drainage basin of the Volga River, the longest river in Europe, in central and southern European Russ ...

, Tyapushkin played for few Russian clubs out of

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yeni ...

(including

Yenisey The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук ...

) in the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

before 1988 moving to Ukraine where he played until 1994 in lower leagues and met the

fall of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

. Following the establishment of new Ukrainian national top division in 1992 Tyapushkin entered it with its

FC Nyva Ternopil FC Nyva Ternopil ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Нива» Тернопіль) is a Ukrainian football club from the city of Ternopil, the administrative center of Ternopil Oblast. As of the 2020–21 season, it played in the Ukrainian Fi ...

from the

Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The leagu ...

. He made his debut in the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

in 1994 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 ...

. Since then his professional football career including as a player or a coach was associated only with Russia. In 2000 Tyapushkin retired from playing career and continued as a goalkeeping coach in

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 ...

. His coaching career included such clubs like

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English l ...

, FC MVD Rossii Moscow,

FC Salyut Belgorod FC Salyut Belgorod is a Russian association football club based in Belgorod. They play in the FNL 2. History The club was founded in 1960 and has been known as: * ''Tsementnik'' (Cement Worker) (1960–63) * '' Spartak'' (1964–69) * ''Salyut'' ...

FC Krylya Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...

FC Mordovia Saransk FC Mordovia Saransk (russian: ФК Мордовия Саранск) is a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merge of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovia ...

, and

FC SKA-Khabarovsk Football Club SKA-Khabarovsk (russian: Футбольный клуб СКА-Хабаровск) is a Russian professional association football club based in Khabarovsk which plays in the second-tier Russian First League. They played in the Russi ...

where he acted as a goalkeeping coach. During his stint in CSKA Moscow, Tyapushkin only dealt with the club's academy and junior squad.

Honours

champion: 1994. * Russian Premier League bronze: 1995, 1997. * Russian Cup finalist: 1999.

European club competitions

1994–95 UEFA Champions League The 1994–95 UEFA Champions League was the 40th edition of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the third since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League. The tournament was won by Ajax of the Netherlands with a late goal in th ...

with

: 6 games. * 1996–97 UEFA Cup with

: 1 game. *

1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup The 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by three French teams -- Lyon, Bastia, and Auxerre. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. Qualified teams Group stage Group 1 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 2 ...

with

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...

: 6 games. *

1998–99 UEFA Cup The 1998–99 UEFA Cup was won by Parma in the final against Marseille. It was their second title in the competition. It was the last edition of the old format UEFA Cup, before the Cup Winners' Cup was merged into it to include domestic cup winn ...

with FC Dynamo Moscow: 5 games.

International career

Playing in Ukraine since 1988 at international level Tyapushkin represented the newly formed official

for which he recorded seven played games. He made his debut on 15 March 1994 in a game against

Israel national football team The Israel national football team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל, ) represents Israel in international football, and is governed by the Israel Football Association (IFA). Israel's national team is the direct successor of the M ...

. Tyapushkin became the first main goalkeeper of Ukraine national football team in its first qualification cycle

UEFA Euro 1996 The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA. It took place in England from 8 to 30 ...

in which he played the first 4 of 10 games with one game tied and three lost. Following a home loss to the

Italy national football team The Italy national football team ( it, Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia) has represented Italy in international football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing bo ...

, he was replaced with Oleh Suslov. Tyapushkin replaced the first Ukrainian goalkeeping duet from Kharkiv Ihor Kutyepov and

Oleksandr Pomazun Aleksandr Vasil'evich Pomazun (russian: Александр Васильевич Помазун; uk, Олександр Васильович Помазун; born 11 October 1971) is a Russian-Ukrainian former goalkeeper and a Russian football ...

who were the first international goalies for Ukraine.

References

1964 births Living people People from Volsk Soviet footballers Russian footballers Ukrainian footballers Association football goalkeepers Naturalized citizens of Ukraine Ukraine international footballers FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players FC Desna Chernihiv players FC Nyva Ternopil players FC Spartak Moscow players PFC CSKA Moscow players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Sokol Saratov players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players Russian football managers Sportspeople from Saratov Oblast {{Russia-footy-goalkeeper-stub