Valentin Vladimirovich Filatov (russian: Валентин Владимирович Филатов; born 19 March 1982) is a Russian former footballer who played as a defender.

Personal life

On 5 October 2003 Filatov's parents died in a car crash on their way to watch a league game of

Zenit St. Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in ...

, that led to a long depression for him and a drop-off in performance.

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* * * 1982 births Footballers from Saint Petersburg Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players PFC Spartak Nalchik players FC Rostov players FC Khimki players Russian Premier League players Liga I players Liga II players FC Unirea Urziceni players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Russian expatriate sportspeople in Romania FC Tosno players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players FC Petrotrest players FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg players FC Nosta Novotroitsk players {{Russia-footy-defender-1980s-stub