Valeri Gennadyevich Chupin (russian: Валерий Геннадьевич Чупин; born 18 June 1961) is a Russian professional

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coach and a former player.

Career

Chupin was a product of

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's youth system and he made his debut in the

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with the club. Chupin moved to

Rotor Volgograd SC Rotor Volgograd (russian: СK Ротор) is a Russian professional football club from the large city of Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (formerly Stalingrad). The club will play in the third-tier Russian Football National League 2 in the 2022– ...

where he became the club's all-time record holder for number of

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appearances and after the club won promotion to the

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in 1998, he made 20 appearances in the 1989 season.

Personal life

His son Yevgeni Chupin was also professional footballer, as is his grandson Valeri Chupin.

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* 1961 births Living people Soviet men's footballers Soviet expatriate men's footballers Russian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in Finland FC Dynamo Barnaul players FC Rotor Volgograd players FC Energiya Volzhsky players Russian football managers Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Finland {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub