Valery Viktorovich Kechinov (russian: Валерий Викторович Кечинов; born 5 August 1974) is a Uzbekistani and

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

former international

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

, who spent the majority of his playing career at

Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow may refer to the following teams based or formerly based in Moscow, Russia: * FC Spartak Moscow, an association football club * HC Spartak Moscow, a professional ice hockey team * Spartak GM Moscow, a semi-professional rugby club * WB ...

Playing career

Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the

Uzbek League Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...

title, before moving to Moscow. With Spartak, Kechinov won six

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 ...

titles and one

Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, clay, ...

. In 2001, after falling out with

Oleg Romantsev Oleg Ivanovich Romantsev (russian: Олег Иванович Романцев; born 4 January 1954) is a Soviet/Russian former international footballer and coach. Romantsev was acclaimed for his success with Spartak Moscow, whom he led to a reco ...

, Kechinov spent almost entire season on the bench and at the end of the season signed a deal with Saturn Ramenskoe. Kechinov wasn't the only player to have problems with the Spartak management at that time, earlier other star players such as Ilia Tsymbalar,

Andrey Tikhonov Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov (russian: Андрей Валерьевич Тихонов; born 16 October 1970) is a Russian football manager and a former midfielder who was recently the manager of Kazakhstani club Astana. Tikhonov is primarily ...

, Sergey Yuran,

Ramiz Mamedov Ramiz Mamedov ( az, Ramiz Məmmədov; russian: Рамиз Мамедов; born 21 August 1972) is a retired Soviet and Russian football player of Azerbaijani descent, best known as a defender for Spartak Moscow in the 1990s. Club career Mamedo ...

and Evgeniy Bushmanov were forced to leave the team for similar reasons. After a brief spell at Saturn, Kechinov moved to Shinnik, where he spent the next three years of his career, until retiring in 2004.

Managing career

He worked as

reserve coach in 2006–2008, assisting

Miroslav Romaschenko Miroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko (russian: Мирослав Юрьевич Ромащенко, ; born 16 December 1973) is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Russian Premier League club Akhmat Groz ...

. In June 2008, Romaschenko left to manage

Tom Tomsk FC Tom Tomsk (russian: Футбольный клуб Томь Томск) is a Russian professional football club, based in the Siberian city of Tomsk. The team plays in Trud Stadium (Tomsk). History The team was previously named ''Burevestnik'' ...

, and Kechinov followed him to an assistant manager role. He was fired from Tom along with Romaschenko on 4 September 2008 after a string of bad results.

Career statistics

International goals

Honours

Player

;Pakhtakor *

(1): 1992 ;Spartak *

(7): 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 * Russian Cup (1): 1993/1994 * Russian Cup runners-up (1): 1995/1996

Individual

Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year The Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year ( uz, Yilning eng yaxshi futbolchisi or Йилнинг энг яхши футболчиси) is a yearly football award presented by the Uzbekistan Football Association The Uzbekistan Football Association ( uz ...

: 1992 *

Uzbek League Top Scorer In Uzbek football, Uzbekistan Super League Topscorer ( uz, Oʻzbekiston Superligasi to'purari or Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси тўпурари) is an annual award by Uzbekistan Football Association given to the top goalscorer at the ...

: 1992 (24 goals) * The best 33 football players of Russia: 1997

Manager

;Spartak * Russian Reserve Championship winner (2): 2006, 2007

External links

*
Profile at Krylia Sovetov unofficial website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kechinov, Valery 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Tashkent Russian footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Russia international footballers FC Spartak Moscow players Russian Premier League players FC Saturn Ramenskoye players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players Uzbekistani footballers Uzbekistan international footballers Dual men's international footballers Uzbekistani people of Russian descent Association football midfielders